Research On Strategies For Integrating Information Technology Into Secondary School Science Instruction

The information technology (IT) ,with its core of multimedia technology and web communication technology, is now becoming one of the important technologies which deeply influence our education. The combination and pervasion of IT with other subjects is a strong power for the development and reformation of education. The outline for curriculum reformation of basic education clearly suggests : advance the widely use of IT in instruction and facilitate the integration of IT into subject in order to make the improvement of instructional contents presentation as well as students' learning styles , and take advantages of IT to provide colorful educational environments and learning tools for students' learning and development . The integration of IT into curriculum is one of the focus in researches of basic education.On the other hand, according to the trend of the international science education development and to cultivate qualified talents for 21st, the Ountline ordered to start a integrating curriculum Science between 3 to 9 grades. As an new curriculum, secondary school Science Course integrates separate subjects such as Astronomy, Geography, Physics, Chemistry and Biology into one. Its' two main characteristics are "integration" and "inquiry", with the general goal of developing science literacy for every students. The integrating curriculum Science challenges the application of IT in science education.Based on the backgrounds of the development of IT and the informationalization o f education, this research analyzed the attributes and characters of Science Course ,the advantages of IT as well as the current situations of integrating IT into science education , explored and researched...