The document discusses various science communication issues in South Africa, highlighting the country's challenges such as poverty, education disparities, and crime. It emphasizes the impact of historical apartheid-era education policies on current educational outcomes and societal issues. Additionally, it presents different learning methods and the varying experiences of students from diverse backgrounds in the context of science education.

1. DIFFERENT MEDIA FOR COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO DIFFERENT GROUPS Derek Fish Unizul Science Centre South Africa

2. AFRICAN ISSUES GLOBAL WARMING GENETICALLY MOD. FOODS TECHNOLOGY ADDICTIONS ENERGY CRISIS CLONING MAD COW DAY TO DAY SURVIVAL

3. South Africa has RACE problems ROADS AIDS CRIME EDUCATION R A C E

4. AIDS : The Problem

6. AIDS : Attitudes

7. AIDS : Attitudes

8. AIDS : Response: Aids Exhibits

9. AIDS : Response: Aids Maze

10. CRIME : The Problem 200 PEOPLE MURDERED!

11. CRIME : Attitudes

12. CRIME : Attitudes

13. CRIME : Response: Careers

14. CRIME : Response: Prison Visit

15. EDUCATION : The Problem

16. EDUCATION: The Problem MATRIC (FINAL YEAR) SCIENCE RESULTS (HG) EMPANGENI REGION

17. Hendrik Verwoerd: S.A. Prime Minister "When I have control over Native education I will reform it so that the Natives will be taught from childhood to realise that equality with Europeans is not for them ... What is the use of teaching the Bantu mathematics when he cannot use it in practice?"

18. Rondebosch Boys’ High School

19. Most South African Schools

21. TIMSS 1995

22. TIMSS 1999

23. TIMSS 1995 - 1999

24. TIMSS 2003

26. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 887,964 Turkey 15 1,200,879 South Korea 14 1,265,838 Canada 13 1,346,009 Mexico 12 1,351,608 Spain 11 1,786,429 Italy 10 1,845,642 Brazil 9 2,046,899 France 8 2,087,815 Russia 7 2,137,421 United Kingdom 6 2,809,693 Germany 5 2,988,867 India 4 4,289,809 Japan 3 6,991,036 1 China 2 13,843,825 United States 1 14,712,369 European Union — 64,903,314 World — GDP (PPP) $M Country Rank 25,676 Botswana 104 31,331 Ghana 94 403,961 Egypt 27 459,958 Pakistan 26 467,089 South Africa 25 519,362 Thailand 24 523,739 Argentina 23 564,561 Saudi Arabia 22 620,868 Poland 21 639,512 Netherlands 20 695,388 Rep China (Taiwan) 19 752,967 Iran 18 760,812 Australia 17 837,791 Indonesia 16 GDP (PPP) $M Country Rank

27. TIMSS 1999 - 2003

28. TIMSS 1999 - 2003

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31. PIRLS 2006 READING SKILLS

34. “ I am a product of Bantu education and when I look back, it really seems much better than what education appears to be today.” Wendy Luhabe: Chancellor: University of Johannesburg “ I agree with her!” Mamphela Ramphele: Vice Chancellor: UCT

35. EDUCATION : Government Response

36. “ We went for a Rolls Royce model to deal with that [Apartheid education] – but the Malawians are driving a Volkswagen and they are driving past us.” Mamphela Ramphele: Vice Chancellor: UCT

37. “ [We have adopted] a curriculum of education totally unsuited for our environment. Why? Because we didn’t have the self-confidence to acknowledge where we are.” Mamphela Ramphele: Vice Chancellor: UCT

38. SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS PER 1000 PEOPLE

39. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! Losses caused by ESKOM: R 50 billion!

40. More than half of the South African population is in the grip of extreme hunger and poverty and in places entire rural communities go without food for days, according to a report tabled by the President and founder of African Monitor, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane. The report comes on the 10th anniversary of the National Poverty Hearings in Cape Town today. Poverty in South Africa has deepened over the past 10 years, with more than half of the population grappling chronic food shortages. Hardest hit are rural communities in the Free State, Northern Cape, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo bearing the biggest brunt. October 22, 2008, 18:00

41. “Tabula Rasa”

42. Carl Friedrich Gauss (1785 - age 8) Punishment : Add the numbers from 1 to 100 ! 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ………...97 + 98 + 99 + 100 100 +99 + 98 + 97+ ……….+ 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 101+101+101+101+ ……...+101+101+101 +101 100 x 101 = 10100 = twice the sum The sum= 100 / 2 x 101 = 5050 = ½ (Number of terms) [First + Last] = ½ n [ a + l ]

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44. LED = Light Emitting Diode: 15% FET = Field Effect Transistor: 2% LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation: 0% Difference between fission and fusion reactions: 42% Teacher knowledge: Terms in new curriculum

45. De Broglie Wavelength: 36 % Red Shift: 12 % Logic Gate: 17 % Doppler Effect: 19 % Electron Microscope: 43 % Photon: 67 % Teacher understanding: Terms in new curriculum (2)

47. EDUCATION : Response

48. CONCEPTUAL (cognitive) VISUAL (perceptive) MOTIVATION (affective) FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNING METHODS: Observation “ Stories” Drawing Questionnaire Test INTERACTIVITY INDIVIDUAL PAIRS SMALL GROUPS LARGE GROUPS . . EXHIBITS WORKSHOPS SHOWS TALKS MODE OF EXPERIENCE GROUP VISITING URBAN TOWN SHIP RURAL

49. Wealthy, urban, mainly white Confident Cocky Naughty Questioning High expectations Broad general knowledge English speaking Technologically literate Excited by interactives Favour individual learning Most have computers at home

50. Poor, rural, mainly black Lacking confidence Reserved Well behaved Accepting Low expectations Poor general knowledge isiZulu speaking No access to technology (Initially) Afraid of interactives Favour group learning None have used a computer before . . . Ever!

51. In between: Township Schools

52. Wealthy, urban, mainly white Confident Cocky Naughty Questioning High expectations Broad general knowledge English speaking Technologically literate Excited by interactives Favour individual learning Have computers at home Lacking confidence Reserved Well behaved Accepting Low expectations Poor general knowledge isiZulu speaking No access to technology (Initially) Afraid of interactives Favour group learning Never used a computer Poor, rural, mainly black

53. URBAN Confident Cocky Naughty Questioning High expectations Broad general knowledge English speaking Technologically literate Excited by interactives Favour individual learning Have computers at home Lacking confidence Reserved Well behaved Accepting Low expectations Poor general knowledge isiZulu speaking No access to technology (Initially) Afraid of interactives Favour group learning Never used a computer RURAL TOWNSHIP

54. CONCEPTUAL (cognitive) VISUAL (perceptive) MOTIVATION (affective) FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNING METHODS: Observation “ Stories” Drawing Questionnaire Test INTERACTIVITY INDIVIDUAL PAIRS SMALL GROUPS LARGE GROUPS . . EXHIBITS WORKSHOPS SHOWS TALKS MODE OF EXPERIENCE GROUP VISITING URBAN TOWN SHIP RURAL

55. CONCEPTUAL (cognitive) VISUAL (perceptive) MOTIVATION (affective) FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNING METHODS: Observation “ Stories” Drawing Questionnaire Test INTERACTIVITY INDIVIDUAL PAIRS SMALL GROUPS LARGE GROUPS . . EXHIBITS WORKSHOPS SHOWS TALKS MODE OF EXPERIENCE GROUP VISITING URBAN TOWN SHIP RURAL