Title: Scientific literacy in Nigeria: The role of science education programmes
Abstract:Abstract The term 'scientific literacy' (SL) has become a way to present a balanced formulation of several legitimate or competing purposes for science teaching in our schools. It has now become incre...Abstract The term 'scientific literacy' (SL) has become a way to present a balanced formulation of several legitimate or competing purposes for science teaching in our schools. It has now become increasingly clear that no citizen can be literate in the modern sense until he has an understanding and appreciation of science and its work. If the populace is to appreciate the general nature of scientific endeavours or its potential contributions to a better way of life, then the public must possess some degree of SL. If Nigeria is to have reasonable science policies, a public understanding of science is a necessity. This is because public misunderstanding will work its way through the political, social and economic processes and emerge into detrimental policies, such as wide fluctuations in science funding and political rather than scientific criteria for setting up research priorities in institutes and programmes. These, and issues relating to scientific literacy and the relevance of the science education programmes in Nigeria to SL development, are addressed in the present article.Read More
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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