Teaching The History Of Science And Technology And Promoting The Scientific Spirit

Nowadays, with the increasingly fierce international competition, countries all over the world have all come to realize the importance of training qualified people. In view of this, China should also put more emphasis on the nurturing of scientific spirit, especially the nurturing of rationality, creativity, ethics and readiness for devotion in middle school students. To teach them the history of science and technology is one of the most effective ways to achieve the aim. Considering the inadequate space of the history of science and technology in the history course and the drawbacks to its teaching contents and teaching methods, this paper proposes, on the basis of research and practice, that the history of science and technology deserve more space in the course of history for middle school students. It is also argued that the teacher should illustrate more on the role of science in the course of history development and attach importance to the scientific spirit embedded in the scientific outcomes. Finally, the paper stresses the role of modern teaching aids in the teaching of this course.