What is science?
The word science probably makes us think of thick textbook, white lab coat, laboratory instruments, microscopes, a naturalist in the rainforest, Einstein’s equation written on whiteboard, the launch of space shuttle and etc. However, those pictures only reflect some aspect of science, but they do not provide the whole picture of science. So, what is science?
Science can be said as part of everyday life, where it exists all around us. Science has many disciplines such as chemistry, physics, biology and engineering.
To conclude what science is, lets see the diagram below;
Science is composed of attitude, skill and knowledge (ASK). Besides that, each of them has different domains involved. For example, knowledge involves cognitive domain and skill involves cognitive and psychomotor domains. This is because, science process skill involves critical thinking in attributing. Hence, we use cognitive domain. In science, we also have manipulative skill , that uses psychomotor domain. Lastly, attitude such as cooperative and accuracy, involves affective domain.
What is science education?
Science education is a field that concern to deliver science contents as stated above to the community, such as students.
Furthermore, science is dynamic, where it keeps changing when new knowledge are discovered. The result of new discovery may replace the existed knowledge. Hence, teacher must always update themselves, so that they can deliver correct information.
The word science probably makes us think of thick textbook, white lab coat, laboratory instruments, microscopes, a naturalist in the rainforest, Einstein’s equation written on whiteboard, the launch of space shuttle and etc. However, those pictures only reflect some aspect of science, but they do not provide the whole picture of science. So, what is science?
Science can be said as part of everyday life, where it exists all around us. Science has many disciplines such as chemistry, physics, biology and engineering.
To conclude what science is, lets see the diagram below;
What is science education?
Science education is a field that concern to deliver science contents as stated above to the community, such as students.
Furthermore, science is dynamic, where it keeps changing when new knowledge are discovered. The result of new discovery may replace the existed knowledge. Hence, teacher must always update themselves, so that they can deliver correct information.
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