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International Journal of Science Education, 1999
and Mathematics Education Review talks delivered at epiSTEME-1,
India’s attempts to industrialise and become a devel-oped country have led to a heavy burden of d... more India’s attempts to industrialise and become a devel-oped country have led to a heavy burden of diseases, both communicable and non-communicable. India loses about 292 million Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) against 201 DALY loss in China. In other words, an average Indian loses 63 Disability-Adjusted Life Days (DALD) per year due to communicable diseases, as against 16, 5, and 4 DALD loss in China, Former So-cialist Countries (FSC) and More Developed Countries (MDC), respectively. These communicable diseases are closely linked to our environment. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) has a broad objective of improving science education in the country. The Centre carries out a variety of ac-tivities at different levels to achieve its goal of equity
Resonance, 1998
Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences ou... more Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences our worldview, is taught in our school and college biology courses. However, students do not seem to understand the ‘how’ of the process of natural selection as put forward by Charles Darwin. Even special lectures integrating evolution with modern biology have largely failed to improve their understanding.
Resonance, 1998
Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences ou... more Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences our worldview, is taught in our school and college biology courses. However, students do not seem to understand the ‘how’ of the process of natural selection as put forward by Charles Darwin. Even special lectures integrating evolution with modern biology have largely failed to improve their understanding.
International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at Mumbai, India, undertook a three year Health ... more Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at Mumbai, India, undertook a three year Health Education Programme aimed at finding out students' understanding of different aspects of health and the manner in which they understand the spread of communicable diseases. The first part of this project is presented in this paper. The results indicate that students have a 'poor'/'unsatisfactory' understanding of several aspects- nutrition, social and genetic factors- which affect health. The work carried out on students from different socio-economic backgrounds highlights the poor performance of tribal students coming from remote areas. Considering the magnitude of health problems in India, suggestions regarding science education are put forward, including capitalizing on the 'good' understanding of health issues exhibited by female students.
epiSTEME-1, 2004
16 Action-based Science Education for Health and Environment Kulwanti Bellara, Suma Nair & Bakhta... more 16 Action-based Science Education for Health and Environment Kulwanti Bellara, Suma Nair & Bakhtaver S. Mahajan Homi Bhabha Centre for Science ... This study will be carried out seasonally (three times in a year, ie pre-monsoon, post-monsoon and winter) in different nodes ...
International Journal of Science Education, 1999
and Mathematics Education Review talks delivered at epiSTEME-1,
India’s attempts to industrialise and become a devel-oped country have led to a heavy burden of d... more India’s attempts to industrialise and become a devel-oped country have led to a heavy burden of diseases, both communicable and non-communicable. India loses about 292 million Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) against 201 DALY loss in China. In other words, an average Indian loses 63 Disability-Adjusted Life Days (DALD) per year due to communicable diseases, as against 16, 5, and 4 DALD loss in China, Former So-cialist Countries (FSC) and More Developed Countries (MDC), respectively. These communicable diseases are closely linked to our environment. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) has a broad objective of improving science education in the country. The Centre carries out a variety of ac-tivities at different levels to achieve its goal of equity
Resonance, 1998
Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences ou... more Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences our worldview, is taught in our school and college biology courses. However, students do not seem to understand the ‘how’ of the process of natural selection as put forward by Charles Darwin. Even special lectures integrating evolution with modern biology have largely failed to improve their understanding.
Resonance, 1998
Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences ou... more Biological evolution by naturalselection, a conceptthat unifies biology and greatly influences our worldview, is taught in our school and college biology courses. However, students do not seem to understand the ‘how’ of the process of natural selection as put forward by Charles Darwin. Even special lectures integrating evolution with modern biology have largely failed to improve their understanding.
International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at Mumbai, India, undertook a three year Health ... more Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at Mumbai, India, undertook a three year Health Education Programme aimed at finding out students' understanding of different aspects of health and the manner in which they understand the spread of communicable diseases. The first part of this project is presented in this paper. The results indicate that students have a 'poor'/'unsatisfactory' understanding of several aspects- nutrition, social and genetic factors- which affect health. The work carried out on students from different socio-economic backgrounds highlights the poor performance of tribal students coming from remote areas. Considering the magnitude of health problems in India, suggestions regarding science education are put forward, including capitalizing on the 'good' understanding of health issues exhibited by female students.
epiSTEME-1, 2004
16 Action-based Science Education for Health and Environment Kulwanti Bellara, Suma Nair & Bakhta... more 16 Action-based Science Education for Health and Environment Kulwanti Bellara, Suma Nair & Bakhtaver S. Mahajan Homi Bhabha Centre for Science ... This study will be carried out seasonally (three times in a year, ie pre-monsoon, post-monsoon and winter) in different nodes ...