Windhoek — Kolok Namibia, the largest distributor of consumables and hardware in Africa that is part of the BidVEST Namibia Group of Companies, sponsored medals, t-shirts and gifts for the 250 participants of the Khomas Regional Science Fair, as well as 50 t-shirts for the judges and organisers of the Fair, to the value of N$27 000.

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Some questions in GCSE science now do not test scientific knowledge, a group of science bodies says.

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Teenagers need only a grasp of grammar and no scientific knowledge to answer GCSE science questions correctly, a report suggests today.

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) — The Education Ministry is encouraging teachers to teach Science and Mathematics in Bahasa Malaysia and English from next year so as to prepare students to learn the two subjects back in Bahasa Malaysia from 2012.

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) — Tommorrow, the MCA will propose to the Cabinet to maintain teaching science and mathematics in English at secondary school-level, said party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

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As concerns increase about the ‘dumbing down’ of science education, the government has launched a consultation on the new GCSE science curriculum It’s the last couple weeks of term and most teachers and students are winding down and enjoying the kind of fun activities we treat ourselves to at this time of year – school trips to the zoo or museum, lunchtime concerts and (whisper it) the …

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A science teacher has been charged with the attempted murder of one of his students police said.

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Peter Harvey was arrested after the incident on Wednesday at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

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Mwaba — THE week-long 2009 Zambia International Trade Fair (ZITF) which ended in Ndola on Tuesday offered an opportunity for a team of teachers and pupils from two rural basic schools in Luapula Province to learn about an innovation on science laboratory units at the Public Service Reform Programme (PSRP) stand.

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Malaysia will revert to using its national language, abandoning a six-year English policy which the government said had failed to improve student grades.

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Kampala — HI-TECH gadgets that people find hard to acquire can be easily got without spending a fortune. This is what visitors who turned up at Nabisunsa Girls’ School campus for a science exhibition witnessed.

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TORONTO – Spitting in public usually isn’t encouraged, but kids at the Ontario Science Centre are being asked to do just that – all for the sake of science.

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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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Leading criminal justice directory launches forensic science career guide for prospective forensics students.

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Wasilla, Alaska, 23, June, 2009 Thunderbird Early College Charter School, Inc (TECC). is proposed to utilize current research and technology in curriculum, teaching methods and assessment designs.

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NASA has selected four organizations to share approximately $18 million over five years for education and public outreach activities to help inspire the next generation of science leaders and explorers. The cooperative agreements support the astrophysics, heliophysics, planetary and Earth divisions of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, which is providing the funding for the activities.

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Juvenal Sibomana, a biology teacher in Nyamagabe School of Science, is struggling. Obviously he finds biology and other sciences fascinating, but he’s having a hard time getting the message through to students.

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Maths and science exams taken by students in China are more “interesting and demanding” than their British GCSE counterparts it has been claimed by the Royal Society of Chemistry

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At the 75th PJAS competition, 18 regional winners from the Springfield School District won 14 individual First Place awards.

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Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are just as effective online as they are in face-to-face settings, says an expert in science education.

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Andor Technology, Fairchild Imaging and PCO combine resources to give CMOS technology long heralded world lead position.

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Initiative Responds to President’s Call for ‘Innovative Work’ by States to Promote Science and Math Education

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The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning, released the following statement in response to the Carnegie Corporations of New York-Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics and Science Education report issued today.

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Teachers at AAFCS conference explore economics and personal finance lesson plans, activities, simulations that meet national content standards.

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President Obama has set an aggressive course for the sciences in America – with the appointment of renowned scientists to top positions in his administration,…

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A Serbian molecular biologist has beaten off competition from around the world to win International FameLab – a kind of Pop Idol of science

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Tories say combined science course is poor foundation for further study at A-level and university More than half of comprehensives have abandoned teaching separate science GCSEs, and in two local authorities – Islington and Slough – no state schools offer separate GCSEs in biology, chemistry and physics, government figures reveal. Bournemouth, Reading, Poole and Hackney each have only one school …

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Manpower development, capacity building, learning and research endeavours in Science and Technology received a major boost with the grant of US$180 million by the World Bank.

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Gusau — Inadequate exposure, poor remuneration, voluminous curriculum content and general poor attitude to work by teachers and students have been identified as some of the key factors that impede the development of science and technical education in the country.

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Thousands of schools are shunning physics chemistry and biology as they enter pupils on “easier” science courses to boost their positions in league tables figures suggest.

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It lies behind the coolest gadgets, the latest technology, and just about every headline-grabbing medical discovery. But science (and scientists) still has an image problem in Britain. Now the Government is calling for young people to get involved in practical science, arguing that the country needs more skilled scientists if it is to compete in a hi-tech world.

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Letter in response to Peter Dizikes’s essay ‘Digging for Darwin’ (May 17).

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Students, Parents and Teachers Gather to Hear the Results

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SINGAPORE: Students of the new School of Science and Technology will be able to tap on the experience of leading entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

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SINGAPORE: Students who will be in secondary one next year will have another option for their studies — a specialisation in science and technology.

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PUTRAJAYA, May 22 (Bernama) — A movement called the Gagasan Veteran Malaysia met Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today to present its views on the policy of teaching Science and Mathematics in English.

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Kathy Sykes, 42, is Professor of Sciences and Society at Bristol University. Her most recent BBC2 series was ‘Alternative Therapies’. She is on the judging panel for NESTA Famelab 2009, the competition for budding scientists; the winner will be announced at the Times Cheltenham Science Festival which starts on 3 June 3 (http://cheltenhamfestivals.com /science/).

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The Tasmanian Greens want the State Government to take over the Imaginarium Science Centre in Devonport.

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Author Madeline Binder promises teachers that it is possible to help students create valuable science fair projects without the stress usually associated with the process. Her new 96-page eBook, Teachers Guide to Science Fair Projects, provides everything required to teach students, communicate with parents, and run a science fair.

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In these fragile economic times, with job security a rare commodity, it’s no surprise that inquiries from people thinking about teaching as a career are on the up. In some branches of the profession that means increasing competition for jobs. But there are plenty of areas where demand for new recruits appears insatiable; and prominent among those are the subject specialisms of science and …

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A US judge’s ruling is a warning to those who want to teach real science in schools that they need to change their tactics Adistrict court judge in southern California has ruled that a teacher who described creationism as “superstitious nonsense” was making a religious statement, which is impermissible in US public schools . On the face of it, this is completely absurd, even for southern …

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Rescue Reel, Inc., which produces a life-saving device that enables people to escape endangered buildings up to 100 stories tall, was named one of the best inventions of 2009 in Popular Science’s Inventions of the Year issue.

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To Address AIAA’s Inside Aerospace Conference

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Independent schools are dominating the “hard” subjects of maths science and modern languages in a further sign that the education gap is widening.

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TEACHERS gave a cautious welcome on Thursday to Schools Secretary Ed Balls’s plans to drop science tests for 11-year-olds. Mr Balls said the externally marked SATs tests would continue in English and Maths but pupils’ progress in science would be assessed by teachers.

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Science tests for year six primary school pupils have been scrapped by the government.

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Citywide and Virtual Scavenger Hunt Offers Drawing for Fun Prizes and Discounts to New ‘The Science of Spying’ Exhibit Starts May 8; Serialized Story and Puzzles Extends Fun Through December.

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The science Sats taken by 11-year-olds in England are to be replaced by teacher assessments.

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Science tests for 11yearolds will be scrapped under Government plans to overhaul the exams system.

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Of all the GCSEs, physics has taken the greatest battering in recent years. It was once among the most testing of O-level subjects, but many critics agree that the rigour and mathematical content of physics GCSE have been eroded.

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