Activity Based Learning Science

Developing creativity through science teaching has been a major dream of science teachers. Traditional classroom works more or less as an information exchange house where teacher is supposed to pass certain information to the students. This may not result in developing creativity in the student. How can we make the learning system creative?

A child gets a lot of information about the importance of trees in the class. She memorizes it also. In the examination she can beautifully reproduce the memorized information. But often it is found that when she goes outside, she picks up a plant and starts playing with it forgetting the importance of the plants learnt in the class. She has full information, but there is no evidence of the desired change in her/his behavior. She is neither emotionally attached with the trees nor she is able to get skills related to identification of trees, leaves, fruits and seeds. A skill can only be learnt by actual hands on practice.

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