Science education is a method to experience scientific thinking and scientific inquiry by imparting basic scientific knowledge as a means (carrier) and relying on quality education.
Cultivate scientific spirit and attitude, establish a complete view of scientific knowledge and values, cultivate basic scientific research ability, and educate the application of science and technology.
Report to the 20th CPC National Congress of the Party pointed out that education, science and technology and talents are the basic and strategic support for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.
Today, the world is experiencing a great change that has never happened in a hundred years, and the competition between science and technology and talents is intensifying. It is particularly urgent to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the independent cultivation of talents and the self-reliance and self-improvement of scientific and technological innovation.
This is the consensus of education front and science and technology front: science education in basic education stage shoulders the important mission of cultivating young people's scientific interest and establishing scientific ambition, and plays a fundamental role in talent growth.
China Education Statistics Yearbook shows that the number of science teachers in primary schools in China will increase from 20 17693 1 to 23020 1 in 2020, with an increase of 30. 1 1%. The achievements in the construction of science teachers are obvious to all. However, in the face of the heavy responsibility of a powerful country in science and technology, some shortcomings still cannot be ignored.
"Due to the shortage of teachers, the teaching tasks of science teachers in most schools are relatively heavy." A staff member of an education bureau in Henan Province said, "Part-time jobs for teachers with liberal arts backgrounds are very common."
Under the quantitative gap, the lack of teaching ability of some science teachers is also worrying.
The scene many years ago made Yu Bojun, a special-grade teacher in Zhejiang Province, feel sorry. A science teacher made a mistake in the demonstration experiment, which caused the magnetic screwdriver to still attract paper clips after knocking. At this time, the teacher shook off the paper clip, proving that knocking can be degaussed. "In order to get the right results, teachers cheat to achieve their goals, which greatly weakens the educational value of science courses." Yu Bojun, now deputy director of the Teaching and Research Section of Zhejiang Education Department, said.
In the second half of 20021,the Science Teaching Committee of the Basic Education Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education organized a nationwide survey and collected the survey data of 13 10000 primary school science teachers. The data shows that primary school science teachers lack professional knowledge and practical ability, while primary school science teachers lack teaching and research community and teacher training.