The Logic for the Development of Science Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
Against the backdrop of the strategy for the integration of education,technology and talents,primary and secondary schools urgently need to enhance science education.To achieve this,we should,based on empiricism,epistemology and practice,grasp the historical,theoretical and practical logics for the development of science education in primary and secondary schools,which is of great significance to the guidance of the current science education in primary and secondary schools.Science education in primary and secondary schools experienced transitions from the technological orientation in the background of"the application of Western learning in the settlement of China's practical problems,"the methodological orientation in the background of"democracy and science,"and the evolution from knowledge orientation to competence orientation in the background of"self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology."Its historical logic is to strengthen not only education in such basic sciences as mathematics,physics and chemistry,but also education in such applied sciences as technology and engineering.Its theoretical logic,which is guided by the China-based Marxist view of science and technology,emphasizes the value orientation of scientific education,carries forward the scientific spirit of rational questioning,and strengthens the understanding and construction of the nature of science.Its practical logic is to enhance science education and create a model for the development of primary and secondary school science education with Chinese characteristics,by means of strengthening the cultivation of innovative scientific thinking of primary and secondary school students,promoting the development of science education textbooks for primary and secondary schools,building an integrated system for science teacher education for primary and secondary schools,reforming the teaching methods for science education in primary and secondary schools,and expanding the practice bases for science education in primary and secondary schools.
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