A Comparative Study In The Middle School Physics Curriculum Of Shanghai And Singapore

A Russian famous educator Ushinski said: all the ideals and thinkings are basic of comparison, we understand the world by comparing all. Curriculum standards are to provide for the nature of a particular curriculum subjects, curriculum ideas, content objectives, the implementation of the proposed guidance document for teaching. And course textbook is the most important and most basic vector, is the main learning resources and learning tools for students. So, study Singapore middle school physics education, introduce Singapore middle school physics curriculum, curriculum aims, the physics textbook characteristics and so on. The main idea of the paper is to compare Shanghai middle school physics curriculum ideas, physics textbook with Singapore , to get the characteristics of each other, to give some advices for middle school teachers and the education system.For all about up said, in this paper, Shanghai and Singapore middle school physics curriculum for the study, explained the following aspects:(1) Longitudinal analysis of the curriculum reform of basic education in Singapore and its characteristics; first outline the basic conditions of Singapore, then introduce Singapore the four reform stages of basic education, finally, analysis of the current focus on basic education system and the basic educational characteristics of Singapore.(2) Horizontal Analysis and Comparison science standards and physical textbook in Shanghai and Singapore. Horizontal comparison : the first is to introduce in Singapore what is, what kind of characteristics, based on the summed up the characteristics to comparison with Shanghai, summed up the advantages and shortcomings in Shanghai. Comparing curriculum standards: do in these three aspects , Concept from the curriculum, course content and curriculum evaluation. Comparing physics textbook: Based on to answer to the following three questions: what physical contents are selected to teach student; how to show the physical contents; how to teaching students have science literacy.(3) Analysis and the summary of Comparison.