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  Science education in danger?

In a world making unprecedented progress in science and technology and increasingly aware of the Earth’s limited resources, students are turning away from science subjects. Too dull and theoretical, they say.

UNScience-EconomyScreen.jpgBritain’s Royal Society recently warned parliament about a sharp drop in the number of secondary school students taking mathematics, physics and chemistry at A-level (end of secondary cycle) and at university. The same trend can be seen in France, Germany and other industrialized countries. Students in developing countries are also increasingly disinterested, says Orlando Hall-Rose, head of UNESCO’s Science and Technology Education Section. More


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Let’s for one instant imagine a world where people do not have sufficient understanding of basic science and technology concepts to understand issues relating to water shortage, pollution, health, forests or climate change. More
   

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WANTED! TEACHERS
January - March 2005
:: 2004
 

SCIENCE EDUCATION IN DANGER?
October - December 2004
THE PRICE OF SCHOOL FEES
July - September 2004
EDUCATING RURAL PEOPLE
April - June 2004
EDUCATION MINISTERS SPEAK OUT
January - March 2004
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES: MIRAGE OR MIRACLE?
October - December 2003
THE MOTHER-TONGUE DILEMMA
July - September 2003
EDUCATION: WHO PAYS?
April - June 2003
EDUCATING TEENAGERS
January - March 2003
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HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SALE
October - December 2002

LITERACY? YES. BUT WHEN?
July - September 2002

EDUCATION FOR WAR OR FOR PEACE?
April - June 2002

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