• Question: Do you think the way science is taugh at school has changed dramtically since you were at school compared to now with us?

    Asked by aoifemoffatt to Ben, Jony, Katharine, Mark, Peter on 17 Nov 2011.
    • Photo: Ben Still

      Ben Still answered on 17 Nov 2011:

      Erm it has been 10 years since I was in school and I think there has to have been changes. I’d need to attend a class and see for sure…but I don’t want to go back to school :s

    • Photo: Katharine Schofield

      Katharine Schofield answered on 17 Nov 2011:

      I’m not sure really… I get the impression there might not be so much practical work done now just from some of the stuff the students have been saying this week. And I maybe also get the impression there is more time given to thinking about the ethical and societal implications if science, which is great but hopefully not at the expense of teaching science itself. I don’t know if either of these observations is right though. Any teachers out there have views on this?

    • Photo: Peter Williams

      Peter Williams answered on 17 Nov 2011:

      well – we certainly never got the chance to do anything like this!

    • Photo: Mark Basham

      Mark Basham answered on 17 Nov 2011:

      From what my wife tells me about maths and science, I think its pretty much the same, although there is more focus now on learning problem solving skills and applying what your learning. Also I agree with Peter, we never had anything like this when I was at school, but we did have the Maths challenge which is still going.

      One of the things I really like is the Cipher challenge, which is just amazing, I enjoy doing it now, but I would have loved that kind of thing when I was at school. If you haven’t heard about it there are some details here.
      http://www.cipher.maths.soton.ac.uk/8-front-page/9-cipher-challenge-2011

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