一年多前,美国著名化学教育家嘉特纳在多伦多美国化学会授奖式上作了一个题为“蕴酿的时代,变革的时代”的报告,去年下半年,美国化学会发表了一个有关美国科学教育存在的问题和改进的建议的报告,从这两个报告里,可以看出美国化学教育的一些趋向。这里,首先介绍嘉特纳的报告。一、引言嘉特纳首先指出,目前是化学教育的一个蕴酿的时期,也是一个变革的时期。自从在1983年发表了美国国家教育精英委员会的“国家在危机中”的报告后,学校改革运动已进行了五年。当前变革的三个因素如下: 1.可用于教学的技术(如计算机和激光)正在推 More than a year ago, the famous American education educator Gartner made a report entitled “Era of Era, Revolutionary Age” in the award ceremony of the American Chemical Society of Toronto. In the second half of last year, the American Chemical Society published A report on the problems and suggestions for improvement in American science education can be seen in these two reports. Here, we first introduce Gartner’s report. I. INTRODUCTION Gartner first pointed out that at present, it is a period of brewing in chemical education and also a period of change. Since the publication of the “National Crisis” report of the National Council of Education in America in 1983, the school reform movement has been going on for five years. The three factors of current change are as follows: 1. The technologies that can be used for teaching (such as computers and lasers) are pushing