新奇事件簿 考試磨滅學生好奇心

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Making schoolchildren take tests is harming students’ interest in science, as well as having a negative impact on kids’ natural curiosity. This is the conclusion of a British university report into science teaching and testing in primary schools. Researchers from Durham University warned that too many schools were teaching science just so students could pass tests. There is a lot of pressure for students to get to better schools. The experts said there was very little real science teaching going on that encouraged studentsto find out things for themselves. Learning by doing, experimenting and seeing should be at the heart of all physics, chemistry and biology lessons. The Durham University team found the opposite; that there was little hands-on, practical work taking place in Britain’s schools.

考試磨滅學生對科學的熱情，降低學生對科學的好奇心。這是某英國大學對小學“科學教學與考試”的研究結果。來自杜倫大學的研究人員警告稱，許多學生的教學目的只是為了通過考試。對于進入一流學府，學生備受壓力。有專家指出，真正能夠激勵學生自我探索的教學少之又少。對于物理、化學、生物，實驗觀察才是核心。杜倫大學研究團隊發(fā)現這恰恰相反，在英國學校，學生動手實踐的機會微乎其微。

Lead researcher Professor Peter Tymms said it was important to develop new approaches to primary school science. He compared today’s teaching with that of the past sixty years and found that testing was harming children’s natural desire to ask questions about science. We suspect that the current national approach to science in primary schools is not impacting on children’s scientific thought and curiosity as much as is possible, he said. Professor Tymms made it clear what schools and science teachers need to focus on, saying: “The purpose of science in primary schools should be to foster a sense of curiosity and positive attitudes in the young child. It should also guide the child in solving problems to do with the physical, natural and human worlds.”

研究主任皮特·蒂姆認為，我們應該對小學的教育方法進行改變，這至關重要。他將當今的教育方法與過去六十年前進行比較，發(fā)現考試磨滅了兒童對科學答疑解惑的欲望。他認為，國內的小學教育并沒有盡可能激發(fā)學生對科學的創(chuàng)想和好奇心。蒂姆教授指出了學校和老師的教學重點，他認為：“小學的科學教育應該達到激發(fā)好奇心，從小建立積極態(tài)度的目的。并能夠指導學生利用外部世界解決問題。