从文化视角探析大学物理教学的问题与对策

DISCUSSION ON THE PROBLEMS AND COUNTERMEASURES OF COLLEGE PHYSICS TEACHING FROM CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

大学物理教学从20世纪90年代开始在大学的课程教学中的地位逐渐下滑,近几年在一些学校的某些理工科专业甚至已不设物理课程。本文列举了我国大学物理课程考核方式及大学生对物理学习的感受,对比了中美高校课程教材中对物理课程定位的描述,探讨分析我国物理教学中被严重忽略的物理学的文化内涵,即科学的动机是探求真理,科学是历史的产物,科学也追求美。教学过程中将科学与人文结合,即在物理教育中融入科学精神、物理学史和科学之美的内容,可以促进物理教学。

The importance degree of physics teaching began to decline in the college curriculums in 1990 s.In recent years,physics courses have been cancelled in some science and engineering majors.The examination methods of college physics course in our country and college students’feelings on physics learning were enumerated in this paper.The orientations and functions of physics curriculum in Chinese and American college curriculum materials were compared.The cultural connotation of physics was discussed,which was seriously neglected in the teaching of physics in our country.That is the motive of science is the search for truth,science is a product of history,and science also pursues beauty.The combination of science and humanities in the teaching process,i.e.the integration of scientific spirit,the history of physics and the beauty of science in physics education,can promote the teaching of physics.