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Classroom science with everyday life - Coggle Diagram
Classroom science with everyday life
Meaning of science
science is concerned with finding out about our environmentand how the various components relate with one another (Agogo, 2017)
real science is learning about the world through hands-on observation, experimentation, and discovery.
real science is learning about the world through hands-on observation, experimentation, and discovery. Doing real science starts with a question, followed by activities to explore and to seek an answer.
Importance of science
Preparing the individuals for the employment;
Preparing the individuals to become more scientifically literate citizens.
Preparing the individuals to study science at higher levels of education;
science and technology go together for development in an individual and the nation.
The disconnection problem
disconnection between schools and students' home communities.
the causes of this low enrolment include society disdain, mockery of the teacher and low prestige of the teacher.
the tendency is for the teacher or parent to quickly provide the answer
sciences
presented in school bears no relevance with daily activitiescarried out at home by the childre
Connecting classroom science with everyday life
refers to satisfaction the student has, how much it connects with the students‟ interest and how much it connects with social issues, cultural back grounds
the teacher specifies the objectives for the lesson and allow students to observe the phenomena, ask questions, organize their findings and make decisions on their own
part of the pupils/students, teachers and the curriculum to achieve the desired meaningful and effective
constructivism theory whereby learners build up complex knowledge from little pieces of information they would have observed in the environment
The teacher should guide learners to find out answers to their own questions by trying out things