AUTHOR=Kong Zeming , Zhang Shuya , Zhu Fujin , Zhang Junjun 

TITLE=The Development and Prospects of Socioscientific Issues Teaching in the Context of Immersive Media Technology

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877311

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.877311

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Marshall McLuhan once proposed the concept of "global village,” believing that with the help of electronic media, Earth has become indistinguishable from a community. He also believed that there is only one Earth for human beings and one world for all countries. Today, with the continuous development of media technology, the concept of a human destiny community has also gained the general consensus of people around the world. It encompasses the interdependent concept of international power, the concept of common interests, the concept of sustainable development, and the concept of global governance. In particular, the concepts of sustainable development and global governance have been advocated by the governments around the world, which in turn has led to extensive public discussions on socio scientific issues (SSI), where the teaching of SSI is gradually being considered by the international science education community as one of the important goals of science education. The current issues and challenges facing SSI teaching and how immersive media technologies can facilitate SSI teaching have become important issues of keen public interest.