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Been reading the commotion about Periodic Table and Evolution moving to a later level in Primary/Secondary Education.
Overall the concern around this is exaggerated & shrill disappointing.
Lets take a step back & examine the issue.
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Been reading the commotion about Periodic Table and Evolution moving to a later level in Primary/Secondary Education.
Overall the concern around this is exaggerated & shrill disappointing.
Lets take a step back & examine the issue.
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In the Karnataka State Syllabus, for decades, Periodic Table was a touch & go in the high school. It was discussed very deep only in the 11/12 - PUC.
Have generations of students turned out dumb? Have they come superstitious? Are they confusing religious accounts for Science?
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Have generations of students turned out dumb? Have they come superstitious? Are they confusing religious accounts for Science?
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Has’nt the State championed the cause of Science, Technology? In particular, is not the average society more aware of Science & Tech?
Haven’t they even joined the bandwagon of Progress & Development?
Have they collapsed into some abyss from which they need to be uplifted?
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Haven’t they even joined the bandwagon of Progress & Development?
Have they collapsed into some abyss from which they need to be uplifted?
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S’rly, do we think that if a majority of Students dont read a chapter or a few paragraphs on Evolution they will altogether become with an appreciation of Science? Will they become Superstitious?
When the more Science aligned champion Evolution wont it flow into the society?
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When the more Science aligned champion Evolution wont it flow into the society?
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Do we think that we need to study Evolution as a Theory explicitly only then students develop an appreciation of Evolution & not otherwise?
If you look into the ordering of chapters in Biology in 8-10, isn’t it obvious that the very organization champions ‘Evolution Theory’?
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If you look into the ordering of chapters in Biology in 8-10, isn’t it obvious that the very organization champions ‘Evolution Theory’?
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More than anything else,
- Do we think Evolution and Periodic Table being crammed in early years will significantly uplift the Scientific Temper of our nation?
- Do we think we will produce world class Scientists and Engineers by that? I
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- Do we think Evolution and Periodic Table being crammed in early years will significantly uplift the Scientific Temper of our nation?
- Do we think we will produce world class Scientists and Engineers by that? I
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Do we think that Evolution and Periodic Table are more important than abridged versions of Ashtadhyayi, Yoga Sutras, Rasa Theory to create a healthy society?
Do we think that a whopping majority of the Society require Evolution/PT as exclusive Chapters in place os YS & RT?
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Do we think that a whopping majority of the Society require Evolution/PT as exclusive Chapters in place os YS & RT?
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We can still argue the best place/level/standard when we should introduce/have exclusive chapters for PT & Evolution.
But to slip into a trauma with their positional movement is to suffer loss of originality. We are just giving into a psychological test thrust upon us.
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But to slip into a trauma with their positional movement is to suffer loss of originality. We are just giving into a psychological test thrust upon us.
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Evolution is still one of the best intellectual triumphs of humanity. It explains a dimension of life like nothing else. Yet, it is an exaggeration to say that not studying this early or even all not knowing this results in a catastrophe.
Not knowing Rasa Framework hurts.
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Not knowing Rasa Framework hurts.
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I have my own reasons to introduce Periodic Table earlier than 9th.
Its organization was influenced by the Sanskrit Alphabet organization. ITs not only a matter of pride for us. It signifies that different domains influence each other through their Ideas/Intellectuality.
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Its organization was influenced by the Sanskrit Alphabet organization. ITs not only a matter of pride for us. It signifies that different domains influence each other through their Ideas/Intellectuality.
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But to say that explicit cramming of PT is essential early is to ignore that concepts/ideas underlying the PT organization when taught in earlier school - it suffices.
It helps you develop the ability to appreciate PT more in later years.
Everybody anyway does not need PT.
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It helps you develop the ability to appreciate PT more in later years.
Everybody anyway does not need PT.
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Hence, we need to stop suffering inferiority imposed upon us and viewing Science as a religion.
When we view Science as a method, discipline, instrument of life that brings out certain dimensions of Truth and place it in the larger universe of knowledge
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When we view Science as a method, discipline, instrument of life that brings out certain dimensions of Truth and place it in the larger universe of knowledge
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… Only then we will begin to shape a better education for our Society.
Lets not suffer emotional crisis that is not our own. We dont have to prove ourselves to be Scientific to others.
We need to have a better appreciation of what is Knowledge and when is what required.
Lets not suffer emotional crisis that is not our own. We dont have to prove ourselves to be Scientific to others.
We need to have a better appreciation of what is Knowledge and when is what required.
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