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我国高师综合科学教育专业课程设置框架的建构研究

The Research on the Construction of Integrated Science Education Specialty Courses Offered Framework in China Normal Colleges

【作者】 邓磊

【导师】 廖伯琴;

【作者基本信息】 西南大学 , 课程与教学论, 2011, 博士

【摘要】 我国初中阶段的科学课程,自从建国以来基本上实行的是分科课程,直到20世纪80年代,综合科学课程才开始登上了科学教育的舞台。但是由于在全国范围内开设综合科学课程的实验时间很短,所以暴露出了相当多的问题,其中最大的问题就是缺乏合格的综合科学课程师资。从1997年湖南怀化学院开始尝试建立培养综合型理科师资的“综合理科”专科专业,到2001年教育部正式批准重庆师范大学建立起我国第一个“科学教育”本科专业,迄今全国已有60余所高校设置了科学教育本科专业。但是,由于科学教育专业是我国教师教育的一个新专业,各高等院校对其还缺乏全面深入的系统研究,使得各院校在专业理念、培养规格、课程结构、教学内容等专业建设方面还不太规范。这种不规范使得各高校在试办科学教育本科专业的教学实践中“各自为政”,“随意性大”。面对60余高校在课程设置上“各自为政”的现状,本研究希望通过对我国科学教育专业课程设置框架的建构研究,透视其背景、实施现状、并建构课程设置的框架、探讨在课程设置上的不足,寻求我国科学教育专业课程发展的方向,为我国综合科学课程教师专业化标准的制定找到依据。具体来说,论文包括九个部分:第一部分——“导言”:交代选题的缘由和意义,介绍主要的研究方法与研究思路。第j部分——“文献综述”:先对本论文所涉及到的核心概念进行界定,通过对前人研究成果进行梳理,得出综合科学课程发展的理论依据,分析综合科学课程存在的价值依据。然后,探讨当前我国综合科学课程实施中存在的问题;从提高科学教师科学素养这个角度阐明开设科学教育专业的重要性和必要性:为后面的问卷调查、访谈以及文本分析建立理论基础。第三部分——“我国综合科学教育专业课程设置的现状调查”:通过文本分析的方法对我国综合科学教育专业的开设情况以及课程设置的现状进行调研、分析。第四部分——“课程设置框架建构依据之一:科学教师专业化素养构成研究”:通过科学教师教育标准的国际比较,从综合科学教师专业素养的构成维度建构我国科学教育专业课程设置的框架。第五部分“课程设置框架建构依据之二:科学教育专业课程设置的国际比较研究”:关注发达國家和地区科学教育专业的课程设置和实施情况,通过对科学教育专业课程设置的国际比较研究为我国课程设置框架的建构找到依据。第六部分——“课程设置框架建构依据之三:中小学教师需求调研”:通过对中小学综合科学课程教师在科学教育专业课程需求上的调查研究,从一线教师实际需求的角度找到课程设置框架建构的依据。第七部分——“课程设置框架建构依据之四:科学教育专业师生反馈调研”:关注我国综合科学教育专业的师生对该专业课程设置的认识和看法,从亲身参与者、实践者的角度获取科学教育专业课程设置框架建构的依据。第八部分——“我国科学教育专业课程设置的比较研究”:通过对不同维度下课程设置框架的整合,建构我国综合科学教育专业课程设置的框架,并根据该框架结构对我国当前综合科学教育专业的课程设置进行比较研究。第九部分——“结论、建议与不足”:阐述研究发现、研究建议及研究不足。研究结论:1.对我国科学教育专业现状的调查显示:教育部共批准了62所高校开设科学教育专业。其中,2001年批准的有1所;2002年批准开设的有8所;2003年24所;2004年13所;2005年7所;2006年8所;2007年开始不再有新科学教育专业被批准开设。科学教育专业在学位授予上有两种,接近52%的学校授予教育学学士学位;48%的学校授予理学学十学位。对科学教育专业开设院系的调查显示:由化学化工学院开设的有15所;生命科学学院开设的有8所;物理学院开设的有9所;教育学院开设的有9所;化学与生命科学学院开设的有6所;化学与材料学院开设的有5所;数理学院开设的有5所;生命与环境科学学院开设的有2所;化学与环境科学系开设的有1所;数学与计算机科学学院开设的有1所;马克思主义学院开设的有1所。对科学教育专业开设院系的统计显示,由化学化工学院开设的比例非常显著地高于其他院系。对科学教育专业省市分布的调查显示我国大陆有25个省、自治区和直辖市(除了西藏自治区、内蒙古自治区、宁夏回族自治区、海南省、北京市、天津市这6个地区以外)开设了科学教育(本科)专业。其中,西南地区有14所高校开设了该专业;西北地区有8所;华北地区5所;华中地区11所;华东地区16所;东北地区8所。x2检验显示,在西南和华东地区开设科学教育专业的学校数显著地高于其他地区。对62所有资格开设科学教育专业学校的调查发现,其中44所目前还在开设本专业,另外18所由于招生和就业原因没有开设。对开设有科学教育专业的38所高校课程设置的调查发现:在专业必修课程上平均开设门数为16.21门,所占学分比例为37.59%;在教育类课程上,平均开设课程6.97门,所占学分比例为9.74%。对课程结构的调查发现,科学教育专业主要是以通识课程、学科基础课程、专业方向课程、教育类课程和实践课程为分类的。2.对科学教育专业课程设置框架建构的研究包括四个子研究,由论文的第4部分至第7部分组成。子研究一(第4部分):通过对综合科学教师专业素养的研究发现,合格的教师素养包括专业的知识、专业的技能和专业的精神。所以,针对专业知识提出了学科知识和科学知识;在专业技能上提出了实验技能、研究技能、教学技能;在专业精神部分包括专业自我、专业情意等。在专业知识部分,从对《科学课程标准(3-9年级)》的梳理发现:物理、化学、生物、地理类知识在数量比例上为2:1:3:2。子研究二(第5部分):通过对科学教育专业课程设置的国际比较发现,发达国家和地区科学教育专业在课程构成上主要由通识课程、学科课程和教育课程组成。教育课程主要包括教育理论课程、教学法课程、教学实践课程、科学教育类课程。但是,国外科学教育专业在课程设置上更重视对儿童发展培养的课程和科学史哲类的课程。子研究三和子研究四(第6、7部分)发现:我國从事综合科学课程实践的师生们对课程的关注来自学科类课程和教育类课程。学科类课程包括:物理、化学、生物、地理、科学类五个领域课程;教育类课程则涵盖了教学技能、教育理论、教学法三类领域。通过对第3到第7部分研究的整合,本研究认为科学教育专业课程设置应该从学科科学课程领域和教育科学课程领域来进行建构。在学科科学课程领域所设置的课程应该包括:物理、化学、生物、地理、数学、综合科学、计算机七类;在教育科学课程领域所设置的课程应该包括:教育学理论类、心理学理论类、教学论类、教学技能类、实验教学类课程五类。3.基于课程设置框架,对科学教育专业的课程设置进行了比较研究,结果发现在学科科学课程领域,38所学校一共开设了123门课程,但是其中超过50%的课程只有一所学校开设,对学校课程开设集中度的检验显示,学校之间存在非常显著的差异,课程设置非常分散。对学科科学课程的比较显示,我国科学教育专业在学科课程类型的设置上存在较为混乱的现象,一些应该在通识模块开设的课程也出现在学科科学课程领域。对学科科学课程领域7类课程的分析显示,化学类、科学类课程的开设门数最多;其次是生物类、物理类、地理类课程;数学、计算机类课程在门数设置上最少;各类学科科学课程在开设数目上存在显著的差异。对地理类课程的比较研究显示,大学地理、宇宙与空间科学课程开设最为集中的课程;在物理类课程领域,大学物理、大学物理实验、电子电工学这三门课程开设更为显著集中;在生物类课程中,基础生物学、基础生物学实验、动物生物学、植物生物学四门课程的开设最为集中;在化学类课程中,大学化学、大学化学实验、环境科学、有机化学这四门课程在集中度上较其他课程更为显著;对综合科学类课程的研究显示,科学史和科学·技术·社会是最主要的两门课程,其他课程开设学校较为分散。对物理、化学、生物、地理、科学五类主要学科科学类课程的统计显示,化学类课程的开设最为集中,其他四类课程的集中情况没有显著差异。123门学科科学课程中,大学物理、大学化学、大学物理实验、环境科学、大学化学实验、基础生物学、生物实验、科学·技术·社会、自然地理导论、地球科学、科技发展史,这11门课程的学校开始情况相较于其他112门课程非常显著地集中。总体来看,在学科科学课程部分,HPS课程和STS课程等科学类课程的学校开设情况显著地低于地理类、物理类、化学类、生物类课程。对教育科学类课程的调查和研究发现:我国现在较为重视该类课程的设置,从以往主要由教育学、心理学、科学学科教学法的“老三门”,学分比例5%~6%的状况,到如今已经接近日本15%的学分比例,虽然较美国、法国20%的比例,英国25%,德国30%的比例还有一定距离,但是已经有了长足的进步。在教育科学类课程部分,38所学校开设了65门课程,其中接近60%的课程只有一所学校开设。教育科学类课程包括教育理论类、心理学理论类、教学论类、教学技能类、实验教学类五类。其中,教学技能类课程的开设门数显著地多于其他类型课程数;这五类课程的学校开设情况都比较分散,集中度不高。在教育理论类课程中,“教育学”和“教育研究方法”这两门课程的开设情况更为显著地集中;在心理学理论类课程中,“心理学”是开设最为集中的课程;在教学论类课程中,“科学教学论”是最集中开设的课程;在实验教学类课程中,“科学实验教学”是该类课程中最显著集中的课程;对于教学技能类课程:“三笔字训练”、“教师教学语言”、“科学教学技能训练”是最集中的课程。虽然,教育科学类课程还是集中在“老三门”中——教育学、心理学、科学课程教学论。但是,逐渐有更多的学校开始关注实验教学类、教学技能类课程。不过对于教育研究类课程和学生学习类课程的关注非常少。据此,本研究从学科科学类课程和教育科学类课程两个维度在课程结构和课程内容的改革上提出了建议,以供相关行政管理者、专家学者在课程设置时有所参考。

【Abstract】 Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, junior high schools (Grade 7 to 9) had always adopted a separate subject model in teaching science curriculum, which did not evolve until the 1980s, when an integrated science curriculum was introduced. Many problems, however, have emerged during the short period of the past two decades or so nation-wide. One of the most noticeable ones is the lack of quailed integrated science teachers. So far, more than 60 higher education institutes have set up Integrated Science Education programs, which, being a new specialty within the broad scope of Teachers Education, are still needing systematically thorough research and standardization in terms of professional concept, training procedure, course structure, teaching content, etc. As a result, there is a lot of haphazardry in the process of each college’s setting up such programs.In this research on the new specialty, we will discuss the construction of the course framework and the prominent issues of the courses. Based on the discussion, we try to seek the more appropriate development direction for the specialty, and lay a solid foundation for regulating the standard professionalization of integrated science teachers.This paper includes 9 parts.The first part is introduction, which focuses on research methods and research content. Part 2, literature review, focuses on the definition of the core concepts and other researchers’ achievements. Prat 3 is an investigation on the present situation of the courses offered in integrated science education specialty. Part 4 talks about a research on the construction of the scientific teachers’ literacy. In this part, we first compare the westen countries’ scientific professional teaching standards, and then we construct the courses offered framework based on the results of the comparsion. Part 5 is about the comparison on the overseas courses offered. We want to bulid the framework based on this international comparison. Part 6 is an investigation on the primary and middle school teachers’ demand. We want to get suggestions about the courses offered from them. We use their suggestions to consturct the framework. Part 7 is another investigation on the teachers and students in science education specialty. We also want to get suggestions from the courses practitioners. Based on their views, we can get the framework construction direction. Part 8 is the comparative study based on the framework from Part 3 to Part 7, we use the framework to compare the courses offered. Part 9 discusses results, suggestions and issues for further researches.The main results are shown as follows:1. A recent national survey on the current situation of science education reveals that there are 62 institutions of higher education in China that have been approved to establish programs in science education. The 62 approvals were allocated as follows: 1 in 2001,8 in 2002,24 in 2003,13 in 2004, 7 in 2005, and 8 in 2006. In the year of 2007 the handing out of approvals ended. These science education programs offer two types of degrees: 52% of schools grant students degrees in pedagogy, and the other 48% offer bachelor’s degrees in science. Another survey shows that, of the different schools (colleges/departments) that offer science education programs,15 are Schools of Chemistry,8 are Schools of Life Science,9 are Schools of Physics,9 are Schools of Pedagogy,6 are Schools of Chemistry and Life Science,5 are Chemistry and Materials,5 are Schools of Mathematics and Science,2 are Life and Environment Sciences,1 is a School of Chemistry and Environment Science, 1 is a School of Mathematics and Computer Science, and 1 is a School of Marxism Studies. The statistics clearly demonstrate that Schools of Chemistry take an obvious lead in science education programs. In terms of geography, there are higher education institutes in China’s 25 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (except for the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Hainan Province, Beijing and Tianjin). All of these locations have established science education programs. Of these locations,14 are in the southwestern area,8 are in the northwest,5 are in the north,11 are in the central area of China,16 are in the east, and 8 are in the northeast. The x2 test shows that the number of science education programs in the southwest and the eastern areas are significantly higher than those in the other areas.2. The research on the science education specialty courses offerd framework contains 4 sections. Section 1:a qualified science teacher’s literacy includes professional knowledge, professional skills and professional spirit. In the professional knowledge, it includes science knowledge and discipline professional knowledge. Section 2:the courses in the overseas universities are constituted by general courses, discipline courses, and education courses. Education courses are constituted by education theory courses, teaching courses, teaching practice courses and science courses. In section 3 and section 4:the teachers and students who practice science education attach importance to discipline courses and education courses. There are five discipline courses in total. They are:physics courses, chemical courses, biological courses, geography courses and science courses. Education courses are covered by teaching skill courses, science education courses, pedagogy courses. In this paper, science education specialty courses offered should involve discipline scientific courses and education scientific courses.3. In the discipline courses field,38 colleges offer 123 courses. But more than half of these courses are offered by only one college, which shows significant discrepancies among colleges. The comparative results also demonstrate a disorder in the setup of the discipline courses. For example, of the 7 kinds of the discipline scientific courses, chemistry courses and science courses outnumber other courses by a wide margin..Of all the 123 courses, general physics, college chemistry, experiment of college physics, environmental science, experiment of college chemistry, basic biology, biological experiment, STS, natural geographical introduction, earth science, history and philosophy of science and technology are significantly important than the other 112 courses. Generally speaking, the HPS courses and STS courses are significantly less important than the other ones.In the education scientific courses field, there are 65 courses offered at 38 colleges. Again, more than 60% of these courses are offered by only one college. The five categories of the education scientific courses are:education theory courses, psychology theory courses, teaching theory courses, teaching skill courses and experimental teaching courses.In the education scientific courses field, pedagogy, psychology and science courses teaching theroy are more important than the other courses.Based on the investigation and research, this article provides several suggestions for administration, and professionalization of integrated science teachers and direction for further researches.

  • 【网络出版投稿人】 西南大学
  • 【网络出版年期】2012年 02期
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