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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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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‘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

Pele, the Volcano Goddess

Pahoehoe

‘A‘a

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The Magic Butterfly

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Thank you

sai.pathmanathan@googlemail.com

@sai_path

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