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八十年代,世界上许多国家掀起了一门新课程,这就是科学技术社会课程,简称STS课程。在英国,有的教育家甚至认为,STS课程是每个将在现代社会中生活的未来公民必须学习的“新的公民课”。为了探讨这门新课程的意义、内容和实施,已经开过多次国际学术会议。为什么这门课程受到这样重视呢?这是因为现代科学技术的进步,不仅极大地促进了生产力的提高,而且深入到社会各个领域。每个公民都必须懂得科学技术对社会发展所产生的影响。例如,科学技术的迅猛发展带来的社会生产力的空前提高,一方面给人类带来了物质文明;
In the 1980s, many countries in the world set off a new curriculum, which is a social science and technology course, referred to as STS course. In Britain, some educators even think that STS is a “new civic lesson” that every future citizenry who will live in modern society must learn. In order to explore the significance, content and implementation of this new course, many international academic conferences have been conducted. Why is this course valued in this way? This is because the progress of modern science and technology has not only greatly contributed to the improvement of productivity, but has also deepened into all fields of society. Every citizen must understand the impact of science and technology on social development. For example, the unprecedented increase in social productivity brought about by the rapid development of science and technology has on the one hand brought material civilization to mankind; on the other hand,