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Importance Of Scientific Attitude In Students

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How much Scientific are they? A study of effect of Learning Environment in development of Scientific Attitude among students
Introduction
“It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and malnutrition, of illiteracy and obscurantism of superstition and deadening customs, of rigid traditions and blind beliefs, of vast resources going to waste of a rich country inhabited by starving millions.” These words of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, while delivering the convocation address of Allahabad University in 1946, indicate the importance of science in human life.
SCIENCE EDUCATION IN INDIA
Almost all the commissions on Education which were held after independence emphasize the important place …show more content…

Scientific attitude, as the term indicates, is an attitude having scientific base.
It leads to logical, systematic and planned actions regarding anything in life. It minimizes the risks and challenges due to biased, subjective & partial outlook. Especially in developing countries like India, where there are so many problems like population explosion, unemployment, addictions, disputes in religious and other matters, dowry system, child marriages etc. inculcation of scientific attitude is very much essential. If the scientific attitude is inculcated at school age, the person will get the habit of thinking logically from the childhood and therefore he will be able to clearly understand the nature of the world including him. He will be able to solve his problems as well as the problems of the society by using scientific method. Thus the development of scientific attitude among the school students will contribute to develop a prosperous and peaceful …show more content…

5) The programme for developing the scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of curiosity of the school students.
6) The programme for developing the scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of Not to believe in superstitions of the school students.
7) The programme for developing the scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of suspended judgment of the school students.
8) The programme for developing the scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of Intellectual Honesty of the school students.
9) The programme for developing the scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of seeking to adopt different planned procedure in solving the problem of the school students.
10) The programme for developing the scientific attitude is helpful for enhancing the level of to have the respect of scientific experiments of the school students.
CONCLUSION
The programme for development of scientific attitude is helpful to enhance the scientific attitude of the school students and is also helpful for enhancing each factor related to scientific attitude included in this

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