Welcome to the Presentation on Learning Science

Lipika Sahu14.12.2016

I hear and I forgetI see and I remember

I do and I understand

Science involves:Building theories and modelsConstructing argumentsUsing specialized ways of talking, writing

and representing phenomena

• Science is a social phenomena with unique norms for participation in a community of peers

NCF 2005 & Science Education

• At the primary stage, the child should be engaged in joyfully exploring the world around.

• The objectives are to nurture the curiosity of the child about the world, to have the child engage in exploratory and hands-on activities .

NCF 2005 & Science Education

• At the Upper Primary stage, the child should be engaged in learning the principles of science through familiar experiences

• working with hands to design simple technological models

• Continuing to learn more about the environment and health

Reflection

• What do we know about how children learn science?

• What does this mean about how we should teach science?

• Students in classes I –VIII can do more in science than is currently asked of them

• Science syllabi contain too many topics given equal emphasis

• Science classrooms typically provide few opportunities for students to engage in meaningful science

• Good science teaching requires more than expert knowledge of science content

How Children Learn Science

• Children entering school already have substantial knowledge of the natural world• Young children are NOT concrete

and simplistic thinkers. • Children can use a wide range of

reasoning processes that form the underpinnings of scientific thinking

• Science education should Shift from textbook to hands-on experiences• Science syllabus should be

developmentally appropriate, interesting and relevant to students’ lives: emphasize student understanding through inquiry and be connected to their life

Science process skillsLearning science is a process that students do,

and not something that just happens to them• Observing• Comparing• Classifying• Measuring• Predicting• Communicating• Inferring

Science classroom needs to be an active classroom

• Opportunity for the child to think• Meaningful and challenging

tasks given to the child• Engage and help the child to

learn something new for herself

THE CHILD SHOULD

Learn to follow instructions and do

tasksRead & Understand

science text

Observe closely Record &

organize data

Articulate & use experience

Develop logical arguments

Develop concepts

Develop the use of language of

science

Develop inferential skills

Activities on Science• Science Quiz• Stories on scientific facts• Science Exhibition/ Mela• Riddles on Science • Field Trip• Debate/ Art• INSPIRE• Observation of Science day

TEACHER THE GREATEST INNOVATOR Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

To teach is to learn twice

Teachers should guide without dictating, and participate without dominating

The critical factor is not class size but rather the nature of the teaching as it affects learning.

LEARNING NEVER ENDS

Thank You…