Students,
in general, do not like science. Many seem to have misconceptions
about what science is really all about, and how science is best learnt.
Many seem to think that science entails memorizing boring facts and fail
the facts to everyday phenomena. Science should be taught by hands-on
methods as much as possible. The good teacher is not one who makes
things easy nor hard, but the one who devises ways to actively engage the
students in the learning process. Water crawling up a pair of jeans,
on a rainy day, is an example of capillary action. Students, in biology,
may learn that capillary action is the scientific phenomenon that explains
how water gets to the top of a tree starting from the roots and may find
this a boring fact, but may be more intrigued by the former . |
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The objective
of science education, in this day in age, is to produce a scientific literate
society, but that is difficult to do when students arrive with a negative
attitude. The objective of this section would be to promote positive
attitudes by making students aware by everyone that science is everywhere
around us, to motivate the students to learn about science outside
of the classroom, to participate in scientific activities outside of the
classroom, and to encourage students to learn about science outside
of the classroom. Teenagers are more influenced by their peers than
adults, and can probably be more motivated by their classmates. This
section of the course website could, for instance, be used to inform students
of an upcoming science fair, special science exhibitions, announce an interesting
upcoming special lecture series, etc. It could also be used to post
pictures that students have taken participating in scientific activities
outside of the classroom, or to share a
they made to any topic they learned in science class. |
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