The document discusses the importance and values of teaching biological science. It outlines several key values, including intellectual, utilitarian, vocational, aesthetic, cultural, recreational, moral, and psychological values. Science education helps develop problem solving skills, creates awareness about technology, helps conserve natural resources, and cultivates survival skills. It is important for communication, increasing knowledge, encouraging skepticism, sparking ideas to solve big problems, developing perseverance, enabling future jobs, and training logical and critical thinking. Overall, the document argues that science education is essential given its close ties to daily life and usefulness to both individuals and communities.

1. VALUES & ImportAncE of tEAcHInG
BIoLoGIcAL ScIEncE
DR. C. BEULAH JAYARANI
M.Sc., M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil (Edn), M.Phil (ZOO), NET, PhD
ASST. PROFESSOR,
LOYOLA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, CHENNAI - 34
UNIT - I
B.Ed - TNTEU

2. WHAt IS ScIEncE?
Science derived from Latin scientia, meaning Knowledge.
The intellectual and practical activity
encompassing the systematic study of the
structure and behavior of nature through
observation and experiment….
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3. IntroDUctIon
• Science has changed the pattern of life in human beings man
can’t live without the help & inventions of science
• Those who have a positive attitude towards science who can
solve the problems in a systematic way.
• Science education is very essential; it cultivates some values in
the students, public, individual life and also life in society.
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4. WHAt IS ScIEncE EDUcAtIon?
Science education is the field
concerned with sharing science
content and process with
individuals.
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5. tYpES ArE ……
INTELLECTUAL VALUE
UTILITARIAN VALUE
VOCATIONAL VALUE
AESTHETIC VALUE
CULTURAL VALUE
RECREATIONAL VALUE
PSYCHOLOGICAL VALUE
MORAL VALUE
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6. IntELLEctUAL VALUES
• Science is an intellectual process.
• It helps us to think well and promotes reasoning capacity.
• The creative and critical thinking of individuals become developed
with science
• The understanding of various concepts encourage us to analyze
situations and make decisions and make decisions wisely.
• It helps us to adjust with our surroundings and effectively utilize our
resources
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7. UtILItArIAn VALUES
• We use the applications of science every movement and the
usefulness of science is evident in our daily activities
• All our activities are controlled, designed & Fashioned by
Science
• The food we eat , the shelter, transport, medicines
,communication learning are possible only through science
• A person becomes a good citizen only when he uses scientific
knowledge with wisdom
• Thus science is highly useful in every day life.
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8. VocAtIonAL VALUES
•  Science open ways for number of vocations.
•  Any person can enter into the fields of science with a job.
•  An economist can study the contribution of science for economic
development
•  A language specialist is needed to express the language of science.
•  A historian is needed to locate the history of science
• Thus the scientist as well all others have jobs in the field of science &
it prepares for a various professions like Medicine, Engineering,
Dental, Agriculture, Computer etc.,
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9. AEStHEtIc VALUE
• Nature is store house off all beautiful things & Science has its
own beauty since it is related with the beauty of nature.
•  Truth, Goodness and beauty are the theme of science.
•  We become aware of the harmony of nature only when we
possess basic scientific understandings.
•  Artists and scientists work because they enjoy the beauty of
their work and the sequencing of their processes.
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10. cULtUrAL VALUE
• The cultural is a product of science & the developments of
culture are due to the advancement in the field of science.
• Our beliefs, values attitudes and behaviour determines our
culture, but this is decided by the life style we possess.
• The lifestyle is influenced by the scientific developments; it
influenced our way of thinking & way of life.
• The dress pattern, the food habits, entertainments, housing,
money management etc. are influenced by science and thus it
becomes our culture.
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11. rEcrEAtIonAL VALUE
• Science helps us to be creative with various activities & it
helps us to spend our time effectively with entertainments.
• The sports, games and all other recreational means have
scientific base, it provided various hobbies to spend time
usefully.
• Science motivates us to create good values and attitudes
towards leisure.
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12. morAL VALUE
• Science makes our life systematic and disciplined.
• Science is actually a search for truth and the truth is the base of
all moral principles.
• Science helps individual to move away from false beliefs, biased
observation, wrong judgments and inappropriate decisions.
Knowledge of Science develops Truthfulness and Reasoning
• Science reveals the danger of many fields so that we can protect
ourselves from its harms.
• Thus science leads us to become morally integrated individuals.
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13. pSYcHoLoGIcAL VALUES
• Teaching of Biological science is essential for
developing scientific attitude
• Science develop positive attitude such as open
mindedness, critical observation, reasoning and
respect others point of view
• Learning by doing & learning by observing
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14. DIScIpLInArY VALUES
• Science is an organized common sense it has introduced us to
new way of thinking and reasoning
• It makes people to sharpen their intellect and makes them
more careful & systematic reasoning
• The Science education will develop the positive attitude like
open mildness, logical reasoning
• It helps in solving problems in life and to lead happy life
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15. SomE morE ……
Develops Problem solving skills
Creates awareness about technology
To conserve the natural resources
Inculcates survival skills
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16. proBLEm SoLVInG SKILLS - ABILItIES
• 1. Flexible and divergent thinking
• 2. Decision-making and generating self-confidence
• 3. Accepting / rejecting hypothesis
• 4. Correlating between various quantities / phenomena
• 5. Checking the validity of result
• 6. Expressing the task in terms of goals
• 7. Searching for innovative practices
• 8. Creating new challenges for life &
• 9. Developing positive and cooperative attitude
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17. WHY ScIEncE EDUcAtIon IS So
ImportAnt….?
COMMUNICATION
To communicate others
To use science and
technology
To educate others with
all information and
content
To impart the basic
science knowledge
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18. KNOWLEDGE
Science teaches kids about
the world around them. It
provides in-depth
information,
SKEPTICISM
It can help kids to form a
healthy dose of doubt.
That intern lead to
discovering things.
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19. BIG PROBLEMS
Science can spark in kids minds to
solve the worlds big problems. To
understand the basic problem
science education is essential.
PERSEVERANCE
Science develops patience and
perseverance in kids. It helps to root
out the complications and find the
way out.
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20. FUTURE JOB
There will be plenty of
exciting and worth while jobs
for kids who study science in
the future.
SPARE TIME
It trains child to use his
leisure properly and to
make cherished
understandings
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21. TRAINING
Science provides unique training
in observation and reasoning.
It also develops
Logical mind
Critical judgment
Capacity for methodical
organization
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22. concLUSIon
• Thus it is a quite clear that a subject which is so closely
associated with our daily life and the world which
surrounds around us and it is so useful to an individual as
well as to a community as a whole
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23. rEfErEncE
TNTEU – Study Material
Ram Publications
Sri Krishna Publications
Kaviyamala Publications
Google Images
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