The Key Issues and Practical Approaches of Integrating Science Education Across Primary,Secondary,and Higher Education Institutions
The integration of science education across primary,secondary,and higher education institutions integrates different stages of science education to a vertically coherent and organically connected science education system from the holistic perspective of fostering virtue and cultivating talent,which has undergone three stages,i.e.initial development,rapid growth,and deepening advancement.Compared to implementing science education separately at each stage,the integration of science education across primary,secondary,and higher education institutions holds great significance in collaboratively cultivating outstanding and innovative talents,addressing challenges in science education at primary and secondary levels,and enhancing the effectiveness of science education implementation.To advance the integration of science education across these levels,it is imperative to address four key issues:mechanisms,objectives,content,and resources,namely,establishing and improving the coordination mechanism of science education,promoting the integrated setting of science education goals,strengthening the organic connection of science education content,and building the overall planning platform of science education resources.To this end,governments and their education authorities should undertake the top-level design,schools should drive the concrete implementation,and the society should provide robust support for it.