U.s. High School Chemistry Textbooks, The Study Of Cultural Choice

The problem of what should teaching in school is an eternal topic in educational circles. At present, the science education philosophy with enhancing the citizen's scientific accomplishment as the main purpose has achieved the global mutual recognition. The scientific curriculum goal also moves from univariate to multi-dimensional correspondingly. Chemistry as an important branch of science, the content of teaching materials has transited the "knowledge and methods" and "curriculum fact and educational culture combined with the multi-dimensional essential of the system", and pursued cultural implication and cultural character of chemistry teaching material gradually. Based on the methods of analyzing literature, statistical data and questionnaire method, the article studied "cultural choice in chemistry teaching materials" systematically, constructed initially "the dimension of culture choice", while discussed the relations of culture choice and teaching material, the significances of culture choice in chemistry teaching material and the tendency of teachers' multicultural. The whole study is composed five parts:1 The relation between culture choice and teaching materialsCulture choice means selecting human culture carefully, collating, processing, and promoting teaching material content to more and more perfect. Teaching material content originates in choosing promoting human culture. It undertakes the duty of transmitting and innovating culture. The relation between culture choice and teaching materials mainly present the following aspects: Culture choice influences the designing thought and compilation way of teaching material, at the same time, teaching material is the media to characterize the educational value of culture choice,The compilation of teaching material improves the standard of culture choice.2 The relation between culture choice and chemistry teaching materialsFrom cultural perspective, studying the values, content and the way of compiling chemical material may promote chemical materials showing cultural nature of their own, and improving the educational functions of chemistry materials.3 Constructing the dimension of culture choice for chemistry teaching materials initially Contents: That is analyzing the content of chemistry teaching materials according to the sortsthe culture belongs to. The culture is divided into science culture, technology culture, history culture, geography culture, art culture moral culture specifically.Time: That is analyzing the content of chemistry teaching materials according to the ages the culture belongs to. The age is divided into nearly 10 years, 10 to 50 years, 50 to 100 years,100 to 1000 years,1000 years before.Place: That is analyzing the content of chemistry teaching materials according to which countries the culture belongs to.4 Analyzing the characteristic and compiling way of American chemistry materialsIt shows diversity, practicability, times, thought in culture choice, it syncretize chemistry knowledge with the organization way of column, link, source material.5 Investigating teachers' culture diversity tendency on chemistry teaching materials initially The investigation results are:(1) Chemistry teachers generally recognized the importance of multiculture in chemistry teaching.(2) Chemistry teachers have a certain level of multicultural.(3) Chemistry teachers eager to construct their own multicultural. The innovative works include:(1) Constructing the dimension of culture choice for chemistry teaching materials initially.(2) Analyzing the characteristic and compiling way of American chemistry materials.(3) Investigating teachers' culture diversity tendency on chemistry teaching materials initially.