Can Science be Fun?
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To Make Science Real, Kids Want More Fun
Are American kids being adequately prepared in the sciences to compete in a highly competitive, global high-tech workforce? A majority of American parents say no,according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Nearly one-quarter of all parents said their child's school today doesn't put enough emphasis on science curricula. And 30 percent of parents with children in kindergarten up through fifth grade say there's too little emphasis on science.
"We want to see these kids get excited about science and math. We're lagging!" saysElizabeth Hall, one poll respondent and a mother of two who lives in California's sprawling central valley north of Fresno.
Hall says her state has created a culture of testing that has resulted in high rates of teacher burnout and low expectations. Her community, she laments, has made peace with academic mediocrity in the sciences.
'It's Just Another Class'
One of Hall's daughters, a high school sophomore, is so frustrated and underwhelmed by her district's biology and chemistry classes that she is reconsidering her once-strong desire to train for a medical career.
"There's no enthusiasm from the teachers. There's no love of science. There's no showing these young people that science is important in their lives. It's just another class," Elizabeth Hall says.
Her daughter, 15-year-old Grace Hall, says there are solutions, in her view: Help show her how science is relevant to her life and future job prospects, she says, and go deeper into how students arrive at answers.
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