Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 1, Issue 2, Foreword (Dec., 2000) Yin Cheong CHENG A Paradigm Shift in Science Learning and Teaching Previous Contents Next

 
New Aim of Science Education

In the new paradigm, the aim of science education is to support students particularly through science learning to become contextualized multiple intelligence (CMI) citizens who will be engaged in life-long learning and will creatively contribute to the building up of a multiple intelligence society and a multiple intelligence global village. But in contrast, the traditional aim of science education is to equip students with the necessary science skills and knowledge to survive in a local community or to support the development of a society particularly in the economic and industrial aspects.