On the afternoon of October 16th, the 81st session of the "Suiyuan Teacher's Talk" Teacher Education Academic Innovation Forum at Nanjing Normal University was held at the Xianlin Campus. Professor Lei Bao, a dual-appointed professor in the Department of Physics and the College of Education at The Ohio State University, and professor at the School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, visited the School of Teacher Education at Nanjing Normal University and delivered an excellent lecture titled "Enhancing Deep Learning and Scientific Thinking to Support Talent Development in the New Era" in Room West 117 of Huacheng Building, Xianlin Campus. The lecture was hosted by Professor Jinglu Zhang and attracted many teachers and students to attend.

Professor Bao Lei approached the topic from the perspective of international education trends, emphasizing that the core of talent cultivation in the new era lies in building a knowledge system with deep understanding and nurturing high-level abilities such as scientific thinking and creativity. By comparing the education systems of China and the United States, he profoundly explained the close connection between educational goals and national development.

Bao Lei pointed out that due to changes in its industrial structure, the United States faces a shortage of mid-level technical talent. Therefore, its STEM education heavily emphasizes stimulating interest, project-based learning, and inquiry-based classrooms, aiming to 'attract' students into the field of science. In contrast, China's current core task is to fill the gap in top-tier innovative talent. He emphasized that, in the face of the dual 'uncertainty' of individual growth and societal needs, education must abandon a single approach and build a 'broad and deep' diversified curriculum system, allowing students to discover their potential through wide-ranging choices, thereby ensuring certainty in the national talent base amid uncertainty.

During the interactive session, Bao Lei had an in-depth exchange with the teachers and students present on issues such as the root causes of talent differences between China and the United States, the necessity of engineering education in primary and secondary schools, and the specific design of inquiry-based teaching. He repeatedly emphasized that effective educational research and practice must be "discipline-based and content-based," and should involve meticulous design starting from specific knowledge points and competence modules.

This lecture provided teachers and students with an international perspective on cutting-edge science education. The proposed 'broad and deep' curriculum concept, along with its solid empirical research methods, offers important insights for the development of teacher education and curriculum innovation in our country.This lecture provided teachers and students with an international perspective on cutting-edge science education. The proposed 'broad and deep' curriculum concept, along with its solid empirical research methods, offers important insights for the development of teacher education and curriculum innovation in our country.