Teaching Science, Technology and Mathematics in the Developing Society

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We live in a time where technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and the innovations and developments that come with it are pretty impressive. After reading this, you might find yourself looking at things in a different way.

Teachers are helping to build a future where people can be productive. As professionals, they should be original, look for ways to improve teaching and give families tips on how to raise inquisitive children with critical thinking skills.

On the other hand, parents should also give their kids a hand to be productive and remember that they’re an important part of their universe.

I’d like to share a story with you that’s related to this conceptualisation.

One parent I know went to the market with their child and asked them what they bought and how much it cost. They asked the kid to send them the answer by e-mail or phone and to do daily counting exercises as a family.

The young person I am referring to is part of a developing society. This individual exercise regularly, eat a balanced diet and walk with their family at certain times every day. The parent gave the child some helpful tips based on this routine, such as drinking water regularly.

Then the parent asked the young person to count their steps using a tool they were familiar with.

After that, they did a few other things: picked fruit from trees that were used for garden maintenance or fruit and vegetables growing at home or in the garden; grew their own fruit and vegetables, like tomatoes; and expressed their desire to collect fruit and vegetables as a family, all while recording these moments with the mentioned tool.

When spring comes around, it’s clear to everyone how important it is to look after our environment, including in our schools. The parent in our story set a great example by encouraging their family to head to the park or forest to appreciate nature. They collected things and planted them in empty, treeless areas, which soon became green. This helped to protect the forests and keep our air clean. They also taught the names and characteristics of different fruits and vegetables.

This parent was also a teacher from Turkey. They asked their pupils to describe how fruit and vegetables are grown, how they should be eaten, and what dishes are made from them, using a technique known as ‘dramatisation’. In this case, it involved making a video, which the students then watched together. The teacher then asked the students some questions about the video and, for those who had tablets, the teacher asked them to draw the fruit and vegetables they had described and to look at all the pictures together. The session wrapped up with a quick selfie. This is a type of lesson that should be practised both in the classroom and at home.

This parent and teacher also had a great idea: in our developing society, we should have set hours each day for reading books. They also said, “Let’s get the other parents and teachers working with their kids to find out what objects they have at home, at school and in the garden, and what shapes these objects have.”

Finally, this person said that we should all be communicating with technology, but in a safe way. That’s why only used parental-controlled tablets and phones were used and access to websites was restricted. This is a really important issue in education.

I’m sharing this with you because you, as a valued parent or teacher, or both, have the power to influence how technology is used in our society, just like the person in the story, which I hope this got you thinking about how we educate our children and students, at home and at school, and has inspired you to do the same.

About the author

Pelin Cansu Taşkın was a classroom teacher, an administrator, an art lover and a writer. She was a passionate Scientix Ambassador.

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