science learning: the analogue versus the digital, sai pathmanathan
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Presentation at the 2nd Scientix Conference, 24-26 October 2014, Brussels, BelgiumTRANSCRIPT
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Science Learning:The Analogue
Versus The Digital
Dr. Sai PathmanathanScience Education Consultant
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We only learn 5% of our science from school…
…so, the other 95% is from…?
‘…the most important sources of scientific knowledge are not schools; and that the informal infrastructure of museums, aquariums, broadcast programmingand other sources of science exposure, with which the United States is richly endowed, is a far more potent source of public understanding of science than has been previously acknowledged.’
Falk and Dierking (2010) American Scientist
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Images from Wikipedia.org
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We ask children to do for most of a day what few adults are able to do for even an hour.~ John Holt
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14http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/31/wonder-room-nottingham-university-academy
‘Making part of the schoolanother world means that youalways have somewhere tovisit,’ he says. ‘A room likethis offers the opportunityto light upon things ratherthan be strictured intostudying them.’ He says hehas been obsessed with magicsince his parents bought him aconjuring set when he wasfour. ‘I want to use that samesense of wonder to empowerthe children rather than havingthem feel they are stupidbecause they don't yetunderstand everything theyencounter in life.’
‘To the digital native, the analogue becomes wondrous.’
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Cells
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Pele, the Volcano Goddess
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Pahoehoe
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The Magic Butterfly
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