| In the context of the new optional examination model,we should pay more attention to the development of students’ core literacy.Scientific thinking is an important part of the core literacy of physics,and with scientific thinking,students can learn more effectively and grasp the essence of things,thus building their confidence in learning physics.Science fiction is a balance between ’science’ and’fantasy’,with the ’science’ part helping students to understand abstract physics knowledge and build physics models."The ’fantasy’ part can stimulate students’ imagination and creativity,and develop their creative spirit.Science fiction is a unique teaching resource in physics,which,if developed and used effectively,can help students develop scientific thinking.Guided by constructivist learning theory,this paper analyses and discusses how to use science fiction works to develop the scientific thinking of high school students in physics,and conducts a practical study with the following main research elements:This paper first uses the literature method to analyse the current situation of the application of science fiction works in high school physics teaching and the current situation of research on the cultivation of scientific thinking in physics,defines the concepts of science fiction works and scientific thinking,and explains that the main theoretical foundations of this study include constructivist learning theory,STSE education theory and SOLO classification and evaluation theory.Secondly,a questionnaire survey was used to investigate the current situation of the application of science fiction works and the cultivation of scientific thinking in high school physics teaching.It was found that both teachers and students have a certain understanding of science fiction works and recognise the value of science fiction works in cultivating scientific thinking,but there are no teaching strategies and teaching cases for reference.Based on the survey results and references,teaching strategies for using science fiction works to cultivate scientific thinking in senior secondary school students are proposed: for introducing new lessons to stimulate learning interest;for creating situations and setting up physics problems;for popularising science technology to cultivate a sense of innovation;for identifying the authenticity of science fiction and daring to question;and for the background of exercises to solve practical problems.Based on the new version of the senior secondary physics textbook,teaching examples of integrating science fiction works in senior secondary physics teaching to cultivate students’ scientific thinking are designed from five sections: mechanics,thermodynamics,optics,electromagnetism and modern physics.Again,the teaching practice was carried out using the Compulsory 1 of the Humanities Edition of high school physics as an example,and the SPSS statistical tool was used to compare the changes in students’ self-evaluation of scientific thinking,their level of scientific thinking and their performance in physics before and after the practice in the experimental class and the control class.The study showed that after the experimental class was taught with science fiction works,the students in the class outperformed the control class in terms of self-evaluation of scientific thinking,level of scientific thinking and physics achievement,which led to the conclusion that the teaching with science fiction works was conducive to developing the scientific thinking of high school students in physics.At the end of the practice,interviews were conducted with the participating students and teachers to suggest modifications to the implementation of the teaching,taking into account the effects of the classroom during the practice.Finally,a summary and outlook of this paper is presented,in which this study is summarized and further research directions and suggestions are made to address the shortcomings of this study.It is hoped that this study can provide some theoretical and practical implications for frontline physics teachers and researchers who need to apply science fiction works. |
