机构地区: 以色列海法大学
出 处: 《化学教育》 2002年第10期9-11,36,共4页
摘 要: 1 可持续发展的挑战 生活在充满了价值观冲突、利益冲突、有限资源分布不均世界中的人们对这个世界有着太多不太现实的物质期望,这就是我们所谓的"地球村"社会的主要问题. The sustainable development means different things to different people is a consequence of too high expectations of the latter in our world of conflicting/competing values, interests and finite unevenly distributed resources. Yet, although science and technology may be useful in establishing what can be done, neither of them can tell us what should be done. Given (a) the environmental imperatives; and (b) the limited economical feasibility of many of even the most innovative/advanced technologies, the switch from the currently dominant corrective paradigm to the emerging preventive practice in production, development and consumption, is unavoidable. This requires a revolutionized change in the guiding philosophy, rationale and models of our thinking, behavior and action. Therefore, the development of our students' high-order cognitive skills (HOCS)-system thinking,critical thinking, question - asking, decision - making and problem - solving-concerning the science/technology/environment/society (STES) interfaces should become the top priority goal of contemporary and future sound chemical education. The crucial issue within the educational setting is the translation of this goal into implemental effective transdisciplinary HOCS - oriented curricula, courses, teacher training programs, and teaching, learning, and assessment strategies. Our multidimensional research- based systematic approach to the development of such courses, a mandatory national curriculum ('Science, Technology and Environment in Modern Society' (TEMS)), and to HOCS - oriented chemistry teaching, learning and assessment, will be described, and the main problems and issues involved critically discussed. This will set the stage for the deliberations to follow within the guiding theme-Environmental Chemistry in the modern sociotechnological context: an imperative in chemical education