美国中小学科学教育探析

从四个方面考察和研究美国中小学的科学教育，即对科学教育价值的认识、科学取向的基础教育改革、中小学科学课程的特点、科学教育改革对中小学教师的新要求，可以从美国中小学的科学教育改革中找到一些启示：第一，处理好科学与人的关系；第二，加强科学与社会的联系；第三，就科学教育改革的方式而言，要把“自上而下式”与“自下而上式”结合起来。

A Probe into the Science Education in American Schools

This paper makes a probe into the science education in American primary and secondary schools in 4 aspects： the understanding of the value of science education, the science-oriented reform of basic education, the features of science curriculum in American primary and secondary schools, and the new requirements science education reform makes of teachers in American primary and secondary schools. In the last part, this paper makes an analysis of the reasons for the successful implementation of American science education, and makes some points of enlightenment for the current reform of science-quality education in our country.