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Originally Posted by CraigS
And I don't have a problem with anything you've said, either. Not quite sure why you've directed this at me (??) Preaching to the converted here mate !
I guess I might have a slight issue for the case of when we're talking about when we do know something .. so I presume we're excluding this aspect from this discussion (ie: the majority of what science has discovered).
what I said was:
Passing on concepts is as important as the details. Without them, there is no framework and without framework the answer means nothing.
Regards
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Don't take this personally Craig, my answer is in respect to primary aged and highschool aged children and how we can inspire them to take up all things scientific. I am simply trying to point out that if you trully want to inspire kids you need to slow down and carefully think about how you answer their questions. Going for broke will do exactly the opposite and I have been guilty of this on many occassions. As for the majority of what science has discovered perhaps we should put on our vestments and make a list of the 100% irrefutable infallable without exception scientific facts we have to date. As a teacher I refuse to burden kids with such ideas and will always teach from the" through lots of observation and experimentation we think this is the case, is it 100% true? Who knows but it's the best we have right now and appears to work in most cases". If you are trully interested in the education of young kids become a teacher, we need enthusiastic people doing this job and you will learn more about human nature then you thought possible. As for me I am outta here.
Mark