What is STS educational thought?

The research of Science, Technology and Society is called STS research for short. It explores and reveals the complex relationship among science, technology and society, and studies the positive and negative effects of science and technology on society. Its purpose is to change the separation of science and technology and the disconnection between science, technology and society, so that science and technology can better benefit mankind.

STS education is an education that integrates theory with practice, and it is also an education that cultivates students' correct scientific outlook and scientific social outlook. It requires science education to face modernization and pay attention to infiltrating technology education, so that students can experience the bridge function of technology between science and society, understand the comprehensive and integrated characteristics of science and technology development, and understand the social value of science and technology as the "first productive force".

it requires that science and technology should be closely linked with daily life and production, and that the reality of the country and the region should be combined, and special attention should be paid to major social issues closely related to science and technology, such as population, energy and ecological environment. STS education plays a powerful role in promoting modern chemistry education, and at the same time, modern chemistry education is also of great significance to STS education.

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STS education emphasizes the relationship between science, technology and society, and attaches importance to the application of science and technology in social production, life and development, and takes it as a guiding ideology to organize and implement science education. It has the characteristics of integrity, comprehensiveness, extensiveness and openness.

In order to fully implement STS education thought in middle school chemistry teaching, we must reform the current teaching methods of programmed teaching, advocate students' active participation, willingness to explore and diligence in hands-on, and cultivate students' abilities of collecting and processing information, acquiring new knowledge, analyzing and solving problems and communication and cooperation.

actively promote the inquiry teaching method suitable for students' development. Inquiry teaching is a combination of heuristic, problem discussion and experimental inquiry teaching methods. In the problem situation, a teaching mode in which teachers and students discuss problem-solving methods together.

it requires teachers to break the traditional teaching framework that allows students to follow the teacher's thinking, choose a teaching mode that teachers guide students' thinking, give full play to students' main role, and let students actively and consciously think, try boldly and explore bravely, so as to cultivate students' interest in inquiry, practical ability and innovative spirit in the learning process.