Jun 12
it is very easy to make sure a child does not love science.
For that, any number of things will do: parents who don’t encourage their children to be curious or teachers who aren’t prepared to teach it. The best way to turn a kid off to science forever is to make her sit through endless lectures, forcing her to memorize fact, dates, numbers, and equations. That would squeeze the love out of anyone, replacing it with ennui at best and an active dislike at worst.
—
Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy blogger on science education and why he became an astronomer.
Later in the article, he discusses how to avoid the above.
The answer? Instill a feeling of joy. I think we’re on the same page here.
More at Slate Magazine.
(via jtotheizzoe)
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