Science at school- is it the same around the world?

nhackman's picture

From the age of seven I remember being interested in science and making electric circuits with light bulbs and crocodile clips in physics. As I got to secondary education, science (in Ghana where I was studying) got quite boring. I admit that I did enjoy some experiments. However I felt that i didn't have the freedom to plan an experiment myself. Not only this, but exam revision was quite simple. What I mean is that everything was chew and pour. All i had to learn were a few definitions and that was it. When I came to england I realized that i was on my own. The purpose of my science lessons was not my teacher spoon-feeding me, but for me to think and analyse scientific arguments and facts by myself. I truly feel that by doing this on my own, I have become independent and better at science. What do you think? What country do you study in? What are you experiences with science? Feel free to leave a comment.

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Grrreg's picture

I don't know when exactly you

I don't know when exactly you came to England but your experiences in Ghana pretty much mirror what we have to do for GCSE, they've gotten to the stage now where realistically the teacher could get away with not having a science degree (some say, and to be honest I agree, that this is a government ploy because less and less people are doing science degrees and becoming teachers). I am curious whether it's the same internationally though.

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