科学教育是指以自然科学知识、技能和方法为基本载体,有组织、有计划地提高学生科学文化素养的活动的统称。完整的科学教育包涵知识传授、实验操作和科学方法的培养。虽然我们通过新课程改革转变了课程观念、配齐了仪器设备、提高了师资水平,但毫无疑问的是,科学教育普遍徘徊在知识教育这个层面。新课程下的科学教育问题到底发生在哪里?笔者下面通过文化背景、社会制度和系统哲学3方面来分析中国科学教育仍然滞后的原 Science education refers to the general carrier of using natural science knowledge, skills and methods as a basic carrier and organizing students’ scientific and cultural accomplishments in an organized and planned manner. Complete science education includes knowledge transfer, experiment operation and cultivation of scientific methods. Although we have changed the concept of the curriculum through the reform of the new curriculum, provided the equipment and facilities, and improved the standard of teaching staff, there is no doubt that science education generally hovers at the level of knowledge education. Where does the problem of science education under the new curriculum happen? The author analyzes the following aspects of China’s science education lagging behind through cultural background, social system and system philosophy