On STEM Education as the Ultimate Form of Scientific Education
In the context of scientific education,'science'refers to natural science,which is part of empirical science.As a body of knowledge,science is a component of the truth system,manifesting as a network of precise propositions that are consistent with empirical facts and are falsifiable;as a method,science refers to the cognitive process of'acceptance,skepticism,conjecture,and verification';as a value,science embodies the scientific spirit,such as curiosity-driven,independent,and fact-based approaches,as well as the ethical norms of scientific research.Based on the'knowledge-method-value'framework,the purpose of scientific education is to cultivate scientific literacy in students'life worlds,that is,'understanding science,applying science,and advocating for science.'Consequently,the ultimate form of scientific education is inevitably STEM(Science,Technology,Engineering,and Mathematics)education.To ensure the sustainable and high-quality development of STEM education,we need to leverage educational crowd-funding mechanisms to address the three interrelated systemic challenges of modern STEM curriculum development,the cultivation of professional scientific teachers,and quality-based educational process management,integrating curriculum development,teacher professional development,and educational process management into one single process,which is also modern transformation process of education.
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