Study On America's National Science Teachers' Professional Standard

Knowing science is closely related with the development of one country. Science education undertakes the key responsibilities of imparting science, mathematics and technology as well as promoting the development of society. While, the decisive factor of education quality is undoubtedly the science teachers' quality. At present, many countries have dedicated to researching and formulating professional standards for science teachers to ensure science teachers'high quality and continuing development. They believe, expanding science teachers'professional connotation under specialized standards and further clarifying their professional quality structure can help to enhance their professional skills. However, in China, the quality of science teachers is still regarded as the bottleneck restricting the scientific curriculum reform and education development. In the case of the study on science teachers'professional standard not taken into the agenda, a lot of valuable experience is worth learning in the formulation and implementation from America's national science teachers' professional standards.The study is divided into six sections:Section one is mainly to introduce the reasons of the study. Based on the review and analysis of research situations in home and abroad, the study design is put forward and the related concepts are defined.Section two briefly outlines the development process of America's national science teachers' professional standards consisting of two phases, birth and a revision.Section three presents the details of America's national science teachers'professio-nal standards. In the basis of professional knowledge, professional skills, professional attitude, the standards are subdivided into content, nature of science, inquiry, issue, general skills of teaching, curriculum, science in the community, assessment, safety and welfare, professional growth.Section four analyzes the content of this text based on the theoretical foundation and analytical points of America's national science teachers' professional standards, three aspects of value orientation, structure features and content characteristics are involved in.Section five is the effective analysis of America's national science teachers' pro-fessional standards. Although the significance is remarkable in training science teachers, linking the professional development of pre-service teachers and in-service teachers, some problems exist inevitably during the process of implementationSections six is for enlightenment and reference, explaining the inspiration of America's national science teachers'professional standards on ours. By learning the international experiences, our country should accelerate the research of professional standard for science teachers, which is suitable for Chinese teacher and Chinese society.