Research On Science And Technology Ethics Education In Elementary School Science Textbooks

While the development of modern science and technology has brought great benefits to human beings,its negative effects have gradually appeared,and the conflict between science and technology and ethics has become fierce.Science and technology ethics has become a problem that people around the world must face and solve.It is imperative to attach importance to the issue of science and technology ethics and strengthen the education of science and technology ethics.The textbook is the concentrated embodiment of the curriculum content and the important carrier to achieve the curriculum goal,carrying the national will and the current global social value orientation.Science disciplines have their own unique knowledge systems,and science textbooks naturally contain unique education resources.Under the current curriculum system,primary school science textbooks are undoubtedly the best carriers for implementing science and technology ethics education at the primary stage.Therefore,it is of great significance to make clear the content of science and technology ethics education contained in the science textbooks of primary schools,so as to give play to the unique educational function of science.This research mainly adopts the methods of literature research and text analysis.On the basis of sorting out related scholars' research on the content system dimension of ethical education of science and technology,according to relevant requirements and based on the interpretation of the content of "Core Literacy for Chinese Student Development"(2016)and "Standards for Science Curriculum in Compulsory Education in PrimarySchools"(2017).The contents of science and technology ethics education in primary school science disciplines are sorted out from the following four dimensions,which are science and technology values,science spirit,science and technology morality,and social responsibility,and the research framework of this article is constructed accordingly.In the text analysis,the educational and scientific edition textbooks include textbooks of compulsory education textbooks,science teacher teaching books,and student activity manuals as the research objects.The textbooks of grades 1-6 are selected for analysis,which focuses on the analysis of textbooks,teacher's books and student activity manuals as supplementary means.First of all,the frequency statistics of each subcategory of the content of science and technology ethics education in the textbook are carried out.The statistical results show that the highest proportion of science and technology ethics education content in primary school science textbooks is cooperative sharing,seeking truth from facts,and natural environmental responsibility.There is no moral code and legal responsibility education in the teaching materials,and the national responsibility education content is involved but the frequency is extremely low.In addition,through the comparison and analysis of the content presentation of educational and scientific edition textbooks in primary school science textbooks,it is found that illustrations,main text and student activities are the most commonly used presentation methods of science and technology ethics education content.Based on the results of the text analysis,this article mainly draws the following conclusions: The educational content of the scientific spirit dimension is the most important science and technology ethics education resource in lower grade science teaching.The lower grades of primary schools pay particular attention to the cultivation of the spirit of seeking truth from facts and the spirit of cooperation and sharing.The middle and upper grades focus on the cultivation of scientific spirit such as rigorous meticulousness,critical inquiry and innovative practice;The natural environmental responsibility under the dimension of social responsibility is the key content of science and technology ethics education in each grade;There are few contents related to the cultivation of scientific and technological values and ethics.Based on the above analysis results,The author puts forward some Suggestions on the implementation of science and technology ethics education in primary school science teaching:(1)To enhance the understanding of the importance of carrying out science and technology ethics education in primary school science teaching;(2)Focus on improving teachers' teaching material analysis and teaching implementation ability;(3)Optimize the presentation of science and technology ethics education in primary school science textbooks.The author also proposes suggestions for optimizing the presentation of science and technology ethics education in primary school science textbooks:(1)enriching the presentation of science and technology ethics education content;(2)expanding the content of science and technology development history;(3)quantifying the quantity of science and technology ethics education content presented in textbooks.