A Survey Study On Scientific Controversial Issues Instruction

With the development of science and technology, there will be more and more controversial issues needed to be solved. So students should master the basic skills to deal with such issues properly and reasonably. Our research focused on the existing condition of scientific controversial issues instruction and how the middle school students prepared for scientific controversial issues learning and their cognitive characteristics. The research was carried out by questionnaire and interview. In the end, we put forward countermeasures for the problem found in our research result. The whole dissertation is made up of five parts.The introduction: the research background, research purpose and significance, research contents and methods were discussed. Several important concepts were also identified.In the first chapter, the research traced and analyzed the research on scientific controversial issues domestic and overseas. The attribute of scientific controversial issues, instructional objectives and teaching strategy were discussed.In the second chapter, the existing condition of scientific controversial issues teaching in middle school was surveyed by questionnaire. The reasons why the existing condition was undesirability were analyzed from a multitude of perspectives.In the third chapter, how middle school students dealt with scientific controversial issues was surveyed by interview. Some measures were proposed to improve students' reflective judgment. The conclusion and prospect:the main conclusions and prospects of this study were discussed.