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Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 18, Issue 2, Article 15 (Dec., 2017) |
In summary, in the desire to gain some grounds for the proliferation of scientific literacy education in the Fiji primary school curriculum, pertinent issues have surfaced. Firstly, the definition of literacy education needs to be critically evaluated so that it encompasses the development of knowledge and skills useful for functioning in the scientifically and technologically evolving 21st century society. Thus, giving scientific literacy education an important place in the curriculum, very similar to the privileged status of numeracy (which is mathematical literacy) in the primary education curriculum.
Secondly, there is a need to embrace an integrated approach to scientific literacy education in the lower primary. Hence, exposure to and effective use of quality texts by teachers in the classroom is important. Through this approach ‘learning to read’ and ‘reading to learn’ will develop simultaneously targeting development of subject matter goals along with the ability to read, write, listen to and speak in English, however, about meaningful and useful content targeted to the development of scientific literacy in learners.
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