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NCSC:
A PATHWAY TOWARDSIMPROVEMENT OF SCIENCEEDUCATION AT SECONDARY
LEVELIN VIEW TO THE NCF 2005
Dr. Sandipan Dhar
Former All India CoordinatorNational Childrens Science
Congress
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,CURIOUS & INQUISITIVE ABOUT
NATURAL PHENOMENA
BE IT PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL ORENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION, LOOKING FOR REGULARITIES AND PATTERNS, MAKING HYPOTHESIS,
DEVISING QUALITATIVE OR MATHEMATICALMODELS, DEDUCING THEIR CONSEQUENCES, VERIFICATION / FALSIFICATION OF THEORIESTHRU OBSERVATIONS & CONTROLLEDEXPERIMENTS,ARRIVING AT THE PRINCIPLES, THEORIES ANDLAWS
THIS IS WHAT SCIENCE SAYS
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SCIENCE .
Is a Dynamic Expanding Body of Knowledgecovering ever new domains of experience.
It can play a truly liberating role, in a
progressive forward-looking society, helpingpeople out of the vicious circle of poverty,ignorance and superstition.
GOOD SCIENCE EDUCATION IS TRUE TOTHE CHILD, TRUE TO LIFE AND TRUE TOSCIENCE.
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Problem of Curriculum Load
Joyless learning
Examination system
Textbook as the Truth Structure of syllabus
Language Textbooks
Starting Early
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Making of NCF-2005
Need of drafting NCF-2005
Procedure of making of NCF-2005
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(a) the school system is characterized by an
inflexibility that makes it resistant to change; (b) learning has become an isolated activity, which
does not encourage children to link knowledge withtheir lives in any organic or vital way;
(c) schools promote a regime of thought thatdiscourages creative thinking and insights;
(d) what is presented and transmitted in the nameof learning in schools bypasses vital dimensions of
the human capacity to create new knowledge; (e) the future of the child has taken centre stage
to the near exclusion of the child's" present, whichis detrimental to the well-being of the child as well
as the society and the nation.
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NCF DRAFTING COMMITTEE
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NCF-Aims of Education(Based on the Constitutions Vision of India)
Independence of thought andaction
Learning to respond to newsituations flexibly and creatively
Pre-disposition for participation indemocratic process and socialchange
Empower all children to learn
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Distortion of Aims of Education(Learning has become a source of burden and
stress for children)
Textbooks/Workbooks
Information Overload
Incomprehension
Tests and Examinations
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All children are motivated and
capable of learning
Children learn in a variety of
ways
Developing capacity for abstractthinking, reflection and work are
most important aspects of learning
Child as a critical learner and
constructor of knowledge
Different types of knowledge as
embodied in the traditional
curriculum as well as in the world
outside the school
NCF Learning And Knowledge
The Child as Learner and What Should be Learnt
NCF Perspectives
Not true of large numbers of
children
Children learn in limited ways
Developing generally only skillsnecessary for helping students
pass or excel in examinations
Child as passive imbibers of
textbook information and
providing set answers to allquestions
Knowledge as embodied in
textbooks
Commonly Held Views
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Local Knowledge is a Rich Source of Learning
for All Children
Childrens Knowledge And Local Knowledge
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Implications for Curriculum & Practice
Teaching for Construction ofKnowledge
The Value of Interactions
Designing Learning Experiences
Approaches to Planning
Critical Pedagogy
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NCF CURRICULUM AREAS
Traditional
Mathematics
Language
Science
Social Sciences
Other Areas
Art Education
Health & PhysicalEducation
Education for Peace
Habitat & Learning
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NCF - Science
What biology can Janabai, an incapable tribal secondary
school student learn ? What biology does she know ?
Can use different plants as sources of food, medicines,
fuel, wood, dyes and building materials
Recognises differences between trees and notices
seasonal variations based on shape, size, distribution of
leaves and flowers, smells, textures
Can identify 100 different plants more than her biologyteacher who believes Janabai is a poor student
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NCF - Science
Science should nurture curiosity and creativity particularly
in relationship to the environment
Science teaching should be placed in the context of
childrens environment to help them enter the world of
work
Awareness of environmental concerns
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NCF Social Sciences
Equip children to think critically on social issues
Interdisciplinary approach to key national concerns suchas gender, human rights, marginalised minorities, etc.
Civics to be recast as political science
Significance of history conception of past and civic
identity
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NCF-Mathematics
Main goal of Mathematics isMathematisation rather thanKnowledge of Mathematics
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NCF Systemic Reforms
Teacher education for curriculum renewal
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NCF Systemic Reforms
Shift from content-based teaching to problem solving and
understanding
Schools should evolve continuous evaluation for
diagnosis and remedial learning
Maths and English board exams at different levels
No board or state level exams at Class 5, 8 or 11
Examination Reforms
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NCF - Systemic Reforms
Shift from content-based teaching to problem solving
and understanding
Examination Reforms
Understanding in Mathematics
If you know that 235+367=602, how much is 234+369? How
did you find the answer?
Change any one digit in 5384. Did the number increase or
decrease? By how much
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SOME EXAMPLES
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Under chapter no. 3.3.2 ofNational Curriculum Framework 2005,
it says .Inquiry skills should be supported andstrengthened by language, design and quantitativeskills. Schools should give much greater emphasis
on co-curricular and extra curricular activitiesaimed at stimulating investigative ability,inventiveness and creativity, even if these are notpart of the external examination system. There
should be massive expansion of such activitiesalong the lines of CHILDRENS SCIENCECONGRESS being held
SUCCESFULLY AT PRESENT.
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This new-found zeal andcamaraderie was further boosted upby an activity similar to Childrens
Science Congress in Gwalior, MadhyaPradesh in the early nineties.
On January 02, 1991 the NCSTC
Network was born under thewatchful eyes of the RashtriyaVigyan Evam Prodyogiki SancharParishad (then known as NCSTC), D
S T, Govt of India.
National Childrens ScienceCongress made its firstappearance
in 1993 and since then it has been
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CSC.
A unique program motivating children to take-up
scientific research onlocal specific issues of their choice. A real experiment promoting methods of science with
ample opportunities to encourage creativity, innovation
andexperimental learning.
An activity towards promoting congenial team work,correlating science with everyday life situation A potentially strong and effective movement influencing
the impressionable minds to enhance community feelings
and sensitize towards societal needs. An eventnot merely for the privileged and school-going
children; but even for those who are not in the formal
school set-up, drop-outs, or forced to be out of the
conventional mode due to poverty and disabilities.
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THOUGH WE HAVE ACHIEVED THIS BUT
WE HAVE TO REACH MORE SO
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I AM SURE THAT I AM
ABLE TO WASTE SOMEOF YOUR USEFUL TIME
THANK YOU