In order to comprehensively promote the construction of China citizens' scientific quality, in 2006, the State Council promulgated the Outline of the Action Plan for National Scientific Quality, demanding that the scientific quality of the whole people be greatly improved as soon as possible through the education, dissemination and popularization of science and technology. In the action of improving the scientific quality of the whole nation, young students are the key group. The good habit of "loving science, learning science and applying science" formed in adolescence will have an important impact on people's life development. The action of improving young people's scientific quality is the basic project to ensure the smooth implementation of the strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education" and plays an important role in enhancing the country's innovation ability and competitiveness.
The main carrier of science and technology education in primary and secondary schools is to offer science education courses and carry out extracurricular popular science activities. By imparting basic scientific knowledge and skills to primary and secondary school students, we can cultivate their spirit of advocating science, form scientific thinking methods and improve their scientific quality, thus promoting the improvement of the scientific quality of the whole people. Local education administrative departments and schools should fully realize that science and technology education is an integral part of the overall implementation of quality education. Actively developing science and technology education, spreading scientific ideas to students, and cultivating students' innovative spirit and practical ability are of great significance to promoting the healthy growth of primary and secondary school students. This work must be placed in an important position and achieve practical results.
Two, clear the guiding ideology and objectives of science and technology education in primary and secondary schools.
1. Guiding ideology. Guided by Scientific Outlook on Development, with the fundamental purpose of improving the scientific quality of primary and secondary school students, we should adjust measures to local conditions, give classified guidance, stress practical results, and adhere to the combination of popularization and improvement, in-class and out-of-class, and study and practice. Persist in facing all students and promote their all-round development. Through scientific and technological education, students can master the necessary scientific and technological knowledge, stimulate their interest in science and technology, improve their innovative consciousness and practical ability, guide them to establish scientific thoughts and attitudes, gradually form a scientific world outlook and methodology, understand the development of science and technology at home and abroad, and lay a foundation for their creative participation in scientific and technological activities and social practice in the future.
2. Main objectives. The main goal is to promote the development of science and technology education in schools, extensively carry out various forms of popular science education activities, and improve the scientific quality of primary and secondary school students. The specific goals are determined according to the ability level of students of different ages. In the primary school stage, the key point is to make students interested in scientific inquiry, initially form scientific consciousness, and initially develop the scientific spirit of being brave in exploration, pursuing new knowledge and seeking truth from facts and the ability to use their hands and brains. In junior high school, the key point is to make students form the spirit of cooperation and innovation in scientific and technological practice, actively acquire the basic knowledge of modern science and technology related to life and surrounding environment, describe some scientific phenomena, cultivate students' ability to participate in, practice and solve practical social problems, and learn certain scientific and technological skills. In senior high school, the key point is to make students form higher scientific ideals, cultivate the attitude of seeking truth from facts and dialectical materialism, further improve students' scientific and technological literacy, develop students' specialties, and promote the independent and harmonious development of students' personality and the overall improvement of their physical and mental quality.
Third, further strengthen the teaching and management of science education courses in primary and secondary schools.
Classroom teaching is the main channel of science and technology education in primary and secondary schools. Through classroom teaching, we can publicize scientific thoughts and spirit to primary and secondary school students, impart basic scientific knowledge and skills, and improve students' scientific quality.
1. Primary and secondary schools should offer science courses for primary schools, physics, chemistry and biology courses for junior high schools and physics, chemistry, biology and technology courses for senior high schools in strict accordance with the requirements of the curriculum plan. In the course of comprehensive practical activities, we should arrange scientific and technological education topics and organize students to participate in scientific and technological practical activities. In accordance with the requirements of the national science curriculum standards, we should strengthen the experimental teaching of all science courses and offer all science experimental courses. While doing a good job in the teaching of science education courses, we should fully tap the factors of science and technology education in the knowledge system of other disciplines, naturally infiltrate scientific ideas and knowledge, and cultivate students' interest in science and technology. It is necessary to establish a social practice system for students, organize students to carry out social surveys, participate in production practice and social service activities in their spare time and winter and summer vacations, and use social science education resources to carry out science and technology education.
2. The administrative department of education shall strengthen the inspection and guidance on the teaching of science courses in primary and secondary schools, keep abreast of the teaching situation of science education in schools, and regularly monitor the teaching quality of science courses in schools. Teaching and research departments in primary and secondary schools should strengthen scientific education and teaching research, often visit schools to inspect and guide scientific education and teaching, strengthen the study of science and technology elective courses in local courses and school courses, and ensure that the scientific education and teaching work in primary and secondary schools is implemented and achieved practical results.
Fourth, promote primary and secondary schools to carry out a variety of extracurricular popular science activities.
Extracurricular popular science activities are an important carrier of science and technology education in primary and secondary schools. Primary and secondary schools should combine the implementation of the new curriculum, carry out various extracurricular popular science activities according to local conditions, and cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability.
Strengthen the construction of positions and facilities for popular science education in schools. Schools should set up popular science publicity windows and science and technology activity rooms. Conditional schools can set up scientific and technological achievements exhibition rooms to provide places for students to carry out scientific and technological activities and purchase necessary scientific and technological production equipment and equipment. School libraries, laboratories, science and technology activity rooms, computer rooms and other places should be open to students who participate in science and technology activities after school hours. School radio stations and websites should regularly offer popular science programs, publicize popular science knowledge, and actively create a strong atmosphere of science and technology education.
2. Widely carry out various forms of popular science education activities. Schools should make plans for popular science activities at the beginning of the semester and organize students to participate in various popular science activities suitable for their age characteristics and cognitive laws. Every year, at least one school-wide science popularization activity should be organized around the theme of major science popularization activities in the whole country and the whole province (science and technology week, science popularization day, etc.). ). Usually, class and team activities are used to widely carry out popular science activities such as protecting the ecological environment, saving resources and energy, mental health, safety and avoidance among students. It is necessary to actively organize students to participate in popular science activities such as teenagers' scientific investigation and experience activities, scientific and technological communication activities, and community action of small popular science volunteers.
3. Actively carry out "small production, small inventions, small papers" activities. All primary and secondary schools should set up science and technology interest groups to provide students with the necessary conditions for activities, guide students to carry out scientific and technological small-scale production and invention activities such as car models and airplane models, and write scientific and technological small papers to stimulate students' interest in learning and applying science. Support and encourage students to declare invention patents, and take students' performance in scientific and technological activities as an important content of comprehensive evaluation of students' comprehensive quality.
4. Organize youth science and technology competitions. Actively organize primary and secondary school students to participate in national and provincial "Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition", "Youth robot contest" and "Computer Making Competition for Primary and Secondary School Students" and other activities to cultivate their innovative spirit and practical ability. Encourage high school students who are interested and capable of learning to participate in the Olympic Games in five disciplines: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and informatics, and discover and train a group of outstanding students with expertise. Further strengthen the management of scientific and technological competition activities to ensure fairness and justice of competition activities.
5. Attach importance to science and technology education in rural primary and secondary schools. The education bureaus of all districts, cities and counties (districts) should increase investment in science and technology education, strengthen the construction of infrastructure such as science and technology education laboratories, libraries and computer rooms in rural primary and secondary schools, and ensure that schools offer enough science courses (including high school technical courses). It is necessary to establish and improve the system of teachers' assistance and exchange between urban and rural areas, carry out "twinning" activities of science and technology education in urban and rural schools, and promote the development of science and technology education in rural primary and secondary schools. All localities should make full use of "modern distance education in rural primary and secondary schools", "Fujian Youth Science and Technology Activity Center Network" and "popular science column" of Fujian Education TV Station to carry out science and technology education for primary and secondary school students. Science associations at all levels should organize a "mobile science and technology museum" to enter rural schools once a year, and strive to meet the scientific knowledge needs of rural primary and secondary school students and improve their scientific quality. All localities should actively carry out the activities of "developing agriculture through science and education" and "going to the countryside through science and technology" in accordance with the requirements of building a new socialist countryside, so that every middle school graduate who goes to society can master a practical technology.