论科学教育的人文价值

科学教育不仅具有工具性价值 ,而且具有人文价值 ,这种人文价值主要表现为理性精神和规范意识、批判精神和创新意识、公平精神与平等意识、开放精神与独立意识。当前的科学教育改革应重视这种人文取向。为此 ,科学教育应有开放意识 ,注意指向科学发展的历史世界、科学源头的生活世界和科学研究的原生世界。

On the Humanitarian Value of Science Education

Apart from its instrumentality value, science education also features humanitarian value, which is fundamentally manifested in rationality, the awareness of regularization, the spirit of being critical, the awareness of being innovative, the spirit of justice and the awareness of equality, the spirit of being open and the awareness of independence. This humanitarian orientation deserves more attention in the current reform of science education, and therefore, a sense of openness (open endedness) should be embedded in science education, and focus should be laid on the historical dimension of science development, the real life world at the provenance of science,and the prototypical world of science research.