The experimental teaching abilities of scientific and industrial teachers in local higher education institutions are usually weak,and these teachers also lack abilities for designing comprehensive and innovative experiments.

This paper first explains the conception of creative education that engineering teachers now hold,the connotation that the creative education really means and the characteristics that a creative person should possess.

This paper advances what kinds of teaching accomplishments science teachers should have in high school nowadays according to the demand of education for accomplishments which is implemented in China and the characteristic of science.

However,some investigation shows that nowadays the science teachers′ view of nature of science is basically in a simple level,and needs to improve.

This paper analyzes scientific inquiry instruction of two science teachers by qualitative research methods.

Therefore, this dissertation is focused on Chinese and American science teachers\' understanding of inquiry and inquiry-based teaching, which explores standard-based teaching by reviewing the history and theory of inquiry development.