Science Learning:

The Analogue
Versus
The Digital
Dr. Sai Pathmanathan
Science 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 programming
and 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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http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/31/wonder-room-nottingham-university-academy
Making part of the school
another world means that you
always have somewhere to
visit, he says. A room like
this offers the opportunity
to light upon things rather
than be strictured into
studying them. He says he
has been obsessed with magic
since his parents bought him a
conjuring set when he was
four. I want to use that same
sense of wonder to empower
the children rather than having
them feel they are stupid
because they don't yet
understand everything they
encounter in life.
To the digital native, the
analogue becomes wondrous.
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Cells
Pele, the Volcano Goddess
Pahoehoe
Aa
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The Magic Butterfly
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Thank you
sai.pathmanathan@googlemail.com

@sai_path
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