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The Critical Spirit of Science and Science Education Reform in China

Qiu Bing-jie

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The spirit of criticism is one of the basic spirits of science,including criticism of its three dimensions:experience of everyday life,traditional culture and science itself.It is an inevitable pursuit in science education.Examining our current science education,it is precisely missing the critical spirit of science.To promote science education reform is to integrate the critical spirit into it,to dialectically highlight the scientific value of daily life,to wake up the modern spirit of traditional culture,and to restore real education of the history of science,so that the students can sharpen their eyes,realize the value of science education,and develop an objective view of how to deal with thing,a calm mind for analyzing the truth of things and the scientific literacy to face the truth critically.

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The spirit of criticism is one of the basic spirits of science,including criticism of its three dimensions:experience of everyday life,traditional culture and science itself.It is an inevitable pursuit in science education.Examining our current science education,it is precisely missing the critical spirit of science.To promote science education reform is to integrate the critical spirit into it,to dialectically highlight the scientific value of daily life,to wake up the modern spirit of traditional culture,and to restore real education of the history of science,so that the students can sharpen their eyes,realize the value of science education,and develop an objective view of how to deal with thing,a calm mind for analyzing the truth of things and the scientific literacy to face the truth critically.

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The spirit of criticism is one of the basic spirits of science,including criticism of its three dimensions:experience of everyday life,traditional culture and science itself.It is an inevitable pursuit in science education.Examining our current science education,it is precisely missing the critical spirit of science.To promote science education reform is to integrate the critical spirit into it,to dialectically highlight the scientific value of daily life,to wake up the modern spirit of traditional culture,and to restore real education of the history of science,so that the students can sharpen their eyes,realize the value of science education,and develop an objective view of how to deal with thing,a calm mind for analyzing the truth of things and the scientific literacy to face the truth critically.

Key concepts: Criticism, Value (mathematics), Science, technology, society and environment education, Science education, Scientific literacy, Epistemology, Sociology, Social science education

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