School Science Education Workshop at IISER Pune
The following blog post is a compilation of notes by Ridhi Agarwal, TeachForIndia Pune Fellow 2014 M r. Kamal Mahendroo spoke about the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme, which is under Eklavya < http://www.eklavya.in/ > The three pillars of the HSTP were: Development of Scientific Temper. (Scientific temper is the implementation of scientific method in every problem in our life.) The modern times need technical and scientific literacy. Science education is the foundation of the technological or scientific development of the society. Some thoughts and questions he posed in front of the group were as follows: How do we build scientific temper? What are you teaching them and what is being assessed in science assessments? Joy of learning vs Joy in learning. This was to stress upon doing activities and experiments for entertainment and engagement during lessons as opposed to doing activities and experiments to attain deeper learning and work on deeper...