Making science interesting to Filipino students
I’m happy to say that our daughter Sam, who recently turned 8, simply loves science. That’s not necessarily the case, however, for many students in the Philippines.
Recognizing this, the Philippine Foundation for Science and Technology, whose flagship program is the Philippine Science Centrum, aims to make science teaching more engaging.
Here’s an excerpt from the BusinessMirror article.
“This teaching program is a way for teachers to recreate [the Philippine] Science Centrum’s [PSC] exhibits through classroom-type experiments in order for the students to be more attentive and receptive to the lesson,” PSC executive director May Pagsinohin told the BusinessMirror in a visit at the PSC.
The teachers’ training consists of brief lectures and extensive discussions, demonstrations and hands-on workshops. The participants, housed at the PSC, are given firsthand experience with the “interactive learning system” using the PSC’s collection of science exhibits.
Here’s hoping that our teachers will be able to instill a passion for science among more students.
