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No Science Subjects for Grades 1 and 2 ??? |
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by Bam Azores | 19-02-2013 13:18
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I am so sad! I found out that our Philippine Department of Education decided last year to remove Science from its Grade 1 and Grade 2 curriculum all over the country. Why are they doing this? I learned to love Science as a little boy and got to understand concepts including those about the Environment when I was in first and second grade. The Secretary of Education said they want to make learning more "enjoyable" and the curriculum to become more "child-friendly". I don't know about that! I enjoyed all those fun things we did which made Science my favorite subject. And making it child-friendly will really depend on how the teacher teaches it. Can someone rethink this please???
I can say my love for SCIENCE and the ENVIRONMENT started a a young age...
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Thank you for sharing.
Posted 29-08-2013 18:08
Well...it's kind of sad... I remember as a 1st & 2nd grader, I participated many science projects and events at school which were quite fun and educational... -.-
Posted 28-02-2013 10:58
@Jeonghyun That's a good point. I can remember the curriculum.
Posted 22-02-2013 09:36
The children are lucky, Need not put brain to remember all such scientific name.
Posted 21-02-2013 20:43
I fell that science is really intesting...........they shouldn't remove it
Posted 21-02-2013 18:48
How sad :(
Although 1st and 2nd graders in Korea don't learn the subject "science", the subject is actually intergrated with social studies and taught in the name of " wise life" ("wise life" is actually a subject in 1st and 2nd grade..)
Maybe the Philippine government could make a similar subject and teach them to young students..
Nevertheless, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT SCIENCE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
Posted 21-02-2013 12:11
THats really sad...........................
Posted 20-02-2013 16:24
Ah.....That's sooooo sad!! Cheer up!!
Posted 20-02-2013 16:13
Oh, it is kind of absurd. If science curriculum is recognized as difficult one, then Ministry of Education can change the contents to be more liked by children. Just simply deleting the curriculum away can not be a reasonable solution.
Anyway, you look really cuuuuuuuuuuute in these pictures~~
Posted 20-02-2013 09:10
Science is fun, To let it go is a thing to moan.
Posted 20-02-2013 02:33
In place of science we may find few basic learning in other name. Thanks report.
Posted 20-02-2013 02:15
My advice : don't be so sad...rather than studying science as another subject, we all should learn how to build our scientific minds to tackle the issues in a more logical way...
Posted 19-02-2013 22:39
Really sad! Philippine government should take intelligent initiative.
Posted 19-02-2013 22:37
Oh Sad but may be they will try and implement more useful stuff like environment etc ...wait and see , some changes are for good, but you look so cute in your childhood snap
Posted 19-02-2013 21:23
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/deped-not==dropping==science-for-grades-1==2-071448586.html
Here's more on the topic: "
Education Secretary Armin Luistro had clarified, however, that science concepts will still be introduced to pupils in grade 1 and 2. "We will be integrating topics in other subjects to make the new curriculum more child-friendly," Luistro has been quoted as saying.
In separate tweets Monday, DepEd also noted that the absence of science in early elementary grade levels is not unique to the Philippines. "Among Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, only Brunei teaches science separately in grade 1," DepEd said. "The rest do so beginning grade 3 or 4," it added, citing research comparing the Philippines' curricula to that of its neighbors. DepEd further noted that the Philippines allocates more time to science education out of the four countries compared.
Posted 19-02-2013 19:14
That's sad
Posted 19-02-2013 15:30