The science literacy gap: A Karplus lecture
The science literacy gap: A Karplus lecture
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科学素养差距：卡普拉斯讲座
DOI：
10.1007/bf00701360
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发表时间：
1992
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
D. Goodstein
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作者：
D. Goodstein
美国在大众高等教育方面的伟大实验在科学领域完全失败了，在科学领域，我们只有少数受过教育的精英和文盲的普通公众。我们的科学研究研究生教育是世界上最好的，与一些人的看法相反，我们未来不会面临科学家短缺的问题。然而，我们教育体系的其他部分却很糟糕，足以对杰斐逊民主的理想构成威胁。描述了加州理工学院针对高中物理教师制作的视频系列“机械宇宙”。尽管该项目非常成功，但还有很多工作要做。教育基础设施必须得到加强，以便能够在整个学年及以后逐步教授科学。此外，我们这些专业的科学教师必须成为更好的教师，既要提高我们对学科的掌握，又要更好地理解学生在学习科学时遇到的困难。
The great American experiment in mass higher education has failed completely in the sciences, where we have a small educated elite and an illiterate general public. Our graduate education in science is the best in the world, and contrary to the belief of some, we do not face a future shortage of scientists. However, the rest of our educational system is bad enough to constitute a threat to the ideal of Jeffersonian democracy. “The Mechanical Universe,” a video series produced by Caltech and aimed at high school physics teachers, is described. Although that project has been very successful, much more must be done. The educational infrastructure must be strengthened to the point where science can be taught gradually, throughout the school years and beyond. Furthermore, those of us who are professional teachers of science must become better teachers, both by increasing our own mastery of our subjects and by better understanding the difficulties our students have in learning science.