Changing the future of UK science teaching
JUL 14, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023507
Guardian.co.uk : As concerns increase in the UK about the “dumbing down” of science education, the government has launched a consultation on the new GCSE science curriculum . Unfortunately the consultation process is happening when nearly all the teachers are on holiday.As Alom Shaha , a science teacher and filmmaker, says on the Guardian’s website:
There are not enough students going on to study science at A-level. Top universities are complaining about the low standard of the few students who do choose to study science beyond school. There’s a shortage of good science teachers.These factors combine to create a crisis that has damaging implications for the future of British science and the economy. The QCA consultation is an opportunity for science teachers to play a role in improving things and I think as many science teachers as possible should take part.
In that regard Shaha has created a website www.howscience.co.uk to make an easier way for teachers and interested parents to contribute to the consultation.
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