"The American child is prepared, very early in life, by the education system to explore
the wonders of the universe and manipulate this to his advantage."
Which American child?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/six-ways-america-is-like-a-third-world-country-20140305
Have a look at the segment on Education.
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
History Department
CCSU. New Britain. CT 06050
africahistory.net
History Department
CCSU. New Britain. CT 06050
africahistory.net
vimeo.com/user5946750/videos
Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries on
Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries on
Africa and the African Diaspora
From: 'Ayotunde Bewaji' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 7:50 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; Kayode J. Fakinlede; Dr. Kayode Fakinlede
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN AND THE NIGERIAN CHILDREN'S SCIENCE EDUCATION.
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 7:50 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; Kayode J. Fakinlede; Dr. Kayode Fakinlede
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN AND THE NIGERIAN CHILDREN'S SCIENCE EDUCATION.
What are you talking about? This seems made up.
On Sunday, 22 May 2016, 4:55, Kayode J. Fakinlede <jfakinlede@gmail.com> wrote:
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE AMERICAN AND THE NIGERIAN CHILDREN'S SCIENCE EDUCATION.
Many years ago, when I was in the secondary school, an American Peace Corps Volunteer, in a bid to expose us to the wonders of technology, had ventured to teach us how airplanes fly, thinking that as children, we would be exited. We refused to be taught this, telling him that we were not prepared to learn such an extraneous material because it was not in the syllabus.
The syllabus plays a major role in our education process, more so than in the life of the average American child. In America, the primary role of science education in the primary and secondary schools is to expose a student to the wonders of the universe. He therefore has an opportunity to learn about the stars, planets, the solar system, evolution etc. without being subjected to harsh penalties for going out of a syllabus.
The American child is prepared, very early in life, by the education system to explore the wonders of the universe and manipulate this to his advantage.
In Nigeria, a child really wants to know what is in the syllabus. He does not want to stray beyond that straight-jacket. Doing that would amount to a waste of time which may end up with a failure in the standardized examinations. Special classes are offered and previous examination questions are studied. A very clever child tries to memorize past questions since some of these are oftentimes repeated in subsequent exams.
A Nigerian child is prepared, very early in life by the education system to pass standardized examinations since this is the guarantee to admission to tertiary institutions and thereafter, to the good life.
As far as science education are concerned, the objectives for the American child and the Nigerian child are quite different. And later in life, the resultant effects are measurably different.
Fakinlede K. J. – Yoruba-scipedia.wikidot.com
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