Sains - Belajar Mengenal Fenomena Harian
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Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera…
Walaupun penulisan saya dalam blog ini sudah hampir 60 artikel, tetapi penulisan mengenai sains hanya satu tajuk iaitu Science Process Skills.Hari ini mari kita lihat apa yang dimaksudkan dengan pembelajaran sains?
Bagi saya pembelajaran sains merupakan satu proses mengenali fenomena harian. Apa sahaja aktiviti yang kita lakukan setiap hari, sudah pasti ada jawapanya melalui pembelajaran sains. Kita berjalan, berpeluh, mahupun membuang air besar, semuanya kita pelajari dalam mata pelajaran sains.
Jadi mata pelajaran sains sebenarnya tidak sesusah mana jika kita mampu mengaitkan aktiviti harian kita dengan pembelajaran sains.
Itu sahaja buat kali ini.
Wassalam
Cikgu Farizal
erm…betul tu…
kalau kita pandai mengaitkan aktiviti harian dengan sains,dan membawa murid-murid kita dalam situasi pembelajaran yang menarik,mesti murid-murid kita suka sangat-sangat belajar sains kan?
tahun lepas aunty ajar murid-murid tahun satu sains,macam-macam kaedah permainan aunty guna..
salah satunyer macam kita pejam mata beberapa minit dan bayangkan benda-benda yang ‘float’ n ’sink’ sambil suruh mereka namakanyer..memang berkesan sekali..
pas tuh bawak besen besar bubuh air n angkat kat luar kelas n suruh murid campakkan benda-benda maujud yang aunty pesan suruh bawak..
pas tuh perhatikan mana yang ‘float’ n ’sink’ then catatkan dalam notebook science..Seronok budka-budak tuh..Selalu mintak buat experiment..
tahun nie x ajar science dah coz ramai dah cikgu science datang..Aunty rinduler suasana pembelajaran science..
To be honest, I took science in school because it is a subject which I can tolerate more compared to other subjects such as history, geography or bahasa malaysia. It is not because I loved science then. hehe
To me science was a subject that explains a bit more and interesting than other subjects which are pure memory work.
But as I go higher in my education I found that I do indeed loved science for the sake of science or discovered the beauty of science. Though this never did really happened until I entered the university.
Looking with a hindsight I realized during my schooldays that not everybody love science. The love and understanding of science require a different way of thinking being critical, analytical and logical. If you do not have such attitude or that component in your brain then you will find science being a burden and difficult to comprehend.
But science is more than that. It is a way of thinking and proving by logic and experimentation. The scientific mind is sharpened by that way of thinking deducing and inducing in a controlled manner of thinking
To be interested in a natural phenomena does not mean you will be a good scientist. It is more in acquiring the scientific way of thinking. Of course in most scientific studies all your observations will be ultimately translated into mathematical data. Such steps are important in giving understanding and in simplifying or even in the projection or extrapolating the event. That is why in the study of science there is the need to acquire good mathematical knowledge. Mathematics also train you to be logical in your approach.
I do feel sad sometimes when science as a subject is being taught in schools where either the teachers are not interested in science itself or are not creative in trying to communicate science to students. In the present world of education and standard operating procedures (SOP), and schematic thinking, the first victim will be creativity. In science teaching while we adhere to follow the syllabus, it should be enhanced by the teachers to be given the freedom to be creative to spark the interest in science. Teachers who teach science need to have the passion for science themselves. Having a degree in science does not always mean you will be a good science teacher…
A good science teacher must be able to open up the interest of science in their students and fire their interests
CONTINUATION….
I remembered one day while doing my Sixth form studies, my physics teacher took us for an outing to a Fun fair where there were all kinds of fun rides and games and teaching and explaining to us the fundamentals and principles of physics behind every game and fun rides
How that simple outing have transformed me into loving physics and changed my life!
I wish that all teachers are like that
I believe, im not the only one good in science, but not at all in maths… Yes, it needs a logical, analytical sense of thought… I seem, to have that, but i am not at all good at mathematics, and i still wonder why… I always fail the examinations because of maths alone… i wonder why? I think i need help.. please
It seems strange that most Malay students are weak in mathematics while Chinese students are good in it. Speaking from personal experience my ‘dislike’ for maths was attributed to:
1 Poor explanations and teachings by the teacher
2 Scare tactics and humiliations by the teacher
3 Poor remedial and monitoring by teachers
4 Lack of applications and connections between maths in real life situations. I have no problem counting moneys! even to millions
I only found maths interesting when I was forced to learn it in my work and I see the connection between maths and scientific data. You see even if you say you know science but as long you cannot express it numbers you cannot understand or explain it!
My best advice to you Adam is to try to shift your paradigm or attitude towards the maths subject. Regard maths not as your enemy but essential friend. God willing you will learn to love the subject which you hated! Sometimes even difficult things which are hard and difficult, if we try to understand and learn it every day might even make you understand and love that subject. Maybe at this age you have not yet see the ‘beauty’ of maths! keep trying! Keep doing your homework and within a few months you will see the change in you towards maths. Do not what so ever try to run away from your problems. Running away wont solve your maths problems. Take the bull by the horns! See the application side of the maths in your science
regards
Why do people relate maths to science so much? I know they only relate in some ways… I mean a few types of calculations in Science needs some application in Maths. But I dont fancy Mathematics, I am okay in Maths, and yes teachers are the main reason why I dont like Maths…
So,maths teachers should do ’something’ to ’stimulate’ the pupils interest towards learining maths…n hopefully this will help to solve the problem faced by pupils like ‘adam’ insyaallah…
I would dare to say that the early beginning of the history of science lies in the state of the mind when humans start observing and asking the basic questions of how and why. From these initial states of the mind science further develop by observing data from natural observations and measurements. Only then comes the tests of science through experimentations to prove and disprove the hypothesis
Newton or Galileo would not have discovered the various laws and principles if ain’t not for the data collected and experimentations
Experiments and data are very important for it allows the scientists to describe the behaviour or the phenomena and to predict or extrapolate.
Ok…let us take a simple example. While you can identify a jambu trees and the types of species of jambus in your kampung, you would gain more information of the jambu tree by counting the number of jambu trees, its distribution over the area, its growth rate, its fruit production. And if you experiment using different fertilizers or soil types by using data you could see the success or failure of growing jambus in your kampung.
All these data obtained are good examples of the application of mathematics
Mathematics is more than just knowing how to count your money. It is the essence of understanding in science, engineering, economics and accounting among others. Mathematics is a powerful tool
Maybe the trouble is when we learn maths and science in school we do not see the relevance or the application of mathematics. If this be so then its the fault of our teaching system and that includes the inability of the teachers to make science and mathematics interesting and relevant
That is why I salute the primary school teachers in teaching science and maths to their students. It is they that decide at this stage in time whether what and how they teach the primary students in science and maths will make or break the foundation whether their students will love and do well in science and maths
I would like to throw a challenge here to all maths teacher especially in primary, secondary or even higher to explain the real meaning and concepts of the Pi constant used commonly in maths and physics and why the knowledge of Pi is important in the application of maths and science
i kind like all the stories. i like science so the forum about science is very excellent. the primary student should learn all about science. it will benefit the student in the future time.