Science is widely defined as a broad body of knowledge explaining something from the very little part of the universe up to the universe itself. It tackles about living to non-living things. It covers about the Earth to its neighboring planets and galaxies. It explores nature and even different technological inventions. Behind its complexities it simply explains almost everything or really everything.
We actually know the explanation why something exists because of science. The birth itself has its own scientific explanation. There will be mating of sperm cell and egg cell that will lead to the total of nine months period to form a new life, just to shorten the whole science of giving life. The new human being with complete human systems will acquire food and other essential things for him/her to grow. The process of growing has its own scientific explanation. Every food, cloth, milk and other things that help a human grow has its own scientific process that it undergoes.
As a human being given an extraordinary ability to think above all other living things because of the unique brain installed in the nervous system, we will face the world to acquire more knowledge. It’s natural for human to seek knowledge and learn something. Our human body grows as well as our brain. What is enough during the toddler stage is not enough on the teenage years. It will never be enough as we continue to develop and step in the real world.
There are scientific knowledge that can be acquired at home with the help of the family, friends and neighbors. But here comes the education. According to John R. Staver, there are three purposes for us to be educated with science. First is for the preparation on the higher level of education. Second is for the preparation on the workplace. Lastly is for the preparation to be scientifically literate. It is an advantage to learn the explanation of how and why things go the way they go. How can someone be educated? Of course, the best venue is in school. Who are the best partners in school? – Teachers. What is the teacher’s responsibility? Of course, the noble profession of teaching, they teach. Teaching science is a big deal especially for the young minds. It tends to cultivate their critical thinking and reasoning about something. As they grow more complex knowledge will be inculcated to them. That is why teaching science is very important. If they have good foundation on the basic of science they can never go wrong on the broader field of the knowledge. They will also have the tendency to explore it on their own.
Teaching science is not just relaying theories and letting them memorize it. It’s not just using the scientific formulae then uses it during problem solving questions. It’s not just knowing the chemicals then mixing them on the laboratory experiment. It’s more on teaching them and live science within them. It doesn’t mean that we will all become scientist or inventor but every great profession has a science in it. It’s hard to be inutile in science because it’s the mother of all knowledge. Importantly, teaching and learning science should grow because everyday new things and ideas are discovered and invented. Teaching science is an endless acquisition of learning.
Reference:
http://asta.edu.au/resources/teachingscience
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