Promotion of scientific outlook and positive attitude among students

1. Contribution of Education to National
Development
Promotion of scientific outlook
and positive attitude
among students
By
M.VIJAYALAKSHMI
Assistant Professor

2. UNIT-IV
Contribution of Education
to National Development

3. 5.1 Promotion of scientific outlook and positive
attitude among students.
5.2 Religious and caste system - Role of Education in
promoting communal and religious harmony.
5.3 Equal educational opportunities: socially
disadvantaged , economically backward and
children with special needs.
5.4 Curriculum construction - Principles - flexibility -
sensitivity to pupil needs and differences –
Curricular adaptations for children with special
needs.
5.5 Curriculum and national goals - involvement of
teachers in curriculum planning and
implementation.

4. UNIT-IV
Contribution of Education to
National Development
5.1 Promotion of
scientific outlook
and positive attitude
among students.

5. What is science?
• Science is an accumulated and systematized
learning, in general usage restricted to
natural phenomena. The progress of science
is marked not only by an accumulation of
fact, but by the emergence of scientific
method and of the scientific attitude
- The Columbia Encyclopedia 1963

6. What is scientific outlook and attitude?
• Open mindedness, a desire for
accurate knowledge, confidence in
procedures for seeking knowledge
and the expectation that the
solution of the problem will come
through the use of verifies
knowledge

7. Characteristics of
Scientific Outlook and Attitude
• Critical in observation and thought
• Open mindedness
• Respects for other’s points of view and is
ready to change his decision on presentation
of new convincing evidence
• Curiosity to know more about the things
around him. He must be interested to know
“why”, “what” and “how”, of the things he
observes and uses

8. • Objectivity in his approach to problems
• No belief in superstitions and false beliefs
• Suspending judgement until suitable support
is obtained
• Beliefs in cause and effect relationship
• Truthful in his observations and draws
conclusions on accurate facts
• Unbiased and impartial in his judgement
• Adopting a planned procedure in solving a
problem

9. • Beliefs in the fact that truth never changes,
but his ideas of what is true may change as
he gains better understanding of that truth
• Accepting no conclusion as final or ultimate
• Seeking to adopt various techniques and
procedures to solve the problem
• Selecting the most recent authoritative and
accurate evidence related to the problem
• Seeking the facts and avoids exaggeration

10. • In short, the scientific outlook
and attitudes are problem
solving. It involves reflective
thinking, reasoning and
results from the achievement
of certain abilities, skills and
attitudes

11. How to promote
Scientific outlook and Scientific attitude?
• The teacher can promote Scientific outlook
and attitude among the students in the
context of
Curriculum and co-curriculum
Physical facilities
Opportunity for ‘Learning by doing’
New methods and Techniques of Teaching

12. Curriculum and Co-curricular activities
• Teacher –
• Suggest a variety of learning experiences
(projects) which give the pupils training in
problem solving
• Students may advised to read as many books
as possible
• It should give immense utility to the students
• The activities such as education tour, teacher-
student exchange bring enormous
opportunities for the students to develop
scientific attitude

13. Physical facilities for the students
• Desirable atmosphere in the classroom also
helps in developing desirable attitude in the
students
• For removing the superstitions and false
beliefs from the minds of the pupils
• They should be taught not be take the things
for granted because they appear in print or
spoken by some big sorts
• The teacher should entrust with students the
responsibilities that will help them to supply
what they learn in the class

14. Opportunity for Practical work
(Learning by doing)
• Activity oriented (work Experience)
learning must be given to the students
• Lot of practical activities are
emphasised in order to give experience
in doing any work systematically
• The habit of concocting and copying
things should be discouraged

15. New methods and Techniques of Teaching
• The instructions of the teacher should not be
stereo type
• Interactive teaching, individual instructions,
programmed instructions contribute a lot to
the students to think critically and arrive at
generalization
• The teacher should be innovative and
appreciate whenever the students come with
creative ideas

16. • The learning should provide intellectual
atmosphere in the class
• Open ended activities are welcoming
features of the intellectual class
• There is enough evidence to show the
active desire of teacher to cultivate
habits of thought and action that
gradually lead to the acquisition of
scientific attitude

17. Sources are taken from
•Slidesharenet.com
•Web sources