主要发达国家STS课程研究与实践述评

Review on Research and Practice of STS Curriculum in the Main West Countries

STS课程是西方发达国家科学课程的重要形式，是30年来西方科学教育政策调整和改革的产物。西方国家STS课程的实践有深厚的理论基础。不少国家都推出了一些具体的STS课程形式和教材。研究发现：主要发达国家的STS课程在目标上致力于培养学生的科学素养，在内容上体现了综合化的特征，在理念上则强化了科技与人文的整合。

STS is an important form of science curriculum in the main west countries， which roots in the science education reform in the recent thirty years. The STS curriculum in the West is based on academic researches. Many countries have their STS courses and textbooks. In this research， we can find that the objective of STS is to foster student's scientific literacy， and the contents of the STS curriculum synthesize several subjects， which shows the integration of science and humanities.