The Nature of Science and its Subject Application

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The Nature of Science and its Subject Application

An aspect of British school science education in practice

Focus of Essay: How is science currently presented in schools at GCSE level (14-16) and how does this group of students perceive science as it is taught?

Part 1 - Introduction

This essay intends to focus upon how science is presented in schools at GCSE level (14-16) and how this group of students perceives science as it is taught. The main focus will be on comparing and contrasting literature on the subject and considering the methodology used to collect the data therein. The limitations of the information gathered will be analysed as well as the ethical considerations that the authors had to take. Science is meant to be an objective subject. However, due to human error, this is not always possible as all information and viewpoints tend to have bias. For example, the National Curriculum suggests there are two types of viewpoints: one is based on heroes or individual stories; the other is based upon circumstances and events.

There are several teaching techniques used in schools today, such as giving pupils time to think, using stories in science,