2024年3月9日与3月12日，北京师范大学SSI-L项目组特邀美国亚利桑那州立大学副教授陈颖志博士主讲两场关于“科学论证课堂教学方法及策略探究”的讲座。SSI-L项目合作校教师团队以及北京师范大学《科学素养测评与提升》研究生课程选课同学参加了本次学术活动。两场讲座的主题分别是“科学论证在学习过程中的意义”、“如何在科学课堂中引导学生的科学不确定性”。陈博士围绕“论点与论证的区别”、“小学科学课堂中开展学生科学论证和议论文写作的实践和策略”、“如何通过课堂科学论证培养学生科学素养”、“科学不确定的理论基础”、“教师如何驾驭学生科学不确定性”分享了自己的研究和观点。参与者还体验了从选取实验数据、解析数据、开展推论、提出论点、分享观点、小组互动等不断反思完善论点、论据与推理的过程，切身感受如何发展学生科学论证的教学方法。参与者从陈博士的两场精彩讲座中深受启发，收获很大。3月8日与13日陈博士还与SSI-L项目负责人林静博士一起，到两所北京师范大学基础教育管理部“撷英计划”合作校听课，与合作校教师面对面交流研讨科学论证的课堂教学策略，助推基于议题的科学教育改革。
On March 9 and 12, 2024, Dr. Yingzhi Chen, Associate Professor of Arizona State University, was invited by the SSI-L project team of Beijing Normal University to give two seminars on “Teaching Methods and Strategies for Scientific Argumentation”. This academic activity was attended by teachers from the partner schools of the SSI-L project and students who selected the undergraduate course of “Scientific Literacy Assessment and Improvement” at Beijing Normal University. The two seminars were themed by “the Significance of Scientific Argumentation in Learning Process” and “How to Navigate the Scientific Uncertainty for Students in Science Classes”. Dr. Chen shared his research and views on “the difference between arguments and argumentation”, “the practices and strategies for carrying out students’ scientific argumentation and argumentative essay writing in primary school science classes”, “how to cultivate students’ scientific literacy through scientific argumentation in class”, “the theoretical basis of scientific uncertainty”, and “how teachers can navigate students’ scientific uncertainty as a pedagogical resource to help students learn science”. Participants explored the process of constantly reflecting on and refining arguments, evidence, and reasoning, which involves selecting experimental data, analyzing data, carrying out reasoning, putting forward arguments, sharing opinions, group interactions, etc. They had a direct experience on how to develop the teaching methods of students’ scientific argumentation. The participants were deeply inspired by and benefited a lot from Dr. Chen’s two lectures. On March 8 and 13, Dr. Chen, together with Dr. Lin Jing, the leader of the SSI-L program, visited two partner schools of the Xieying SSI-L Program of BNU Basic Education Development and Management Department. Dr. Chen had a face-to-face exchange with teachers from the partner schools on the teaching strategies of scientific argumentation, which contributed to the reform of SSI-based science education.