Non-formal Science Education.
Prepared by
SABARISH-P
M.Sc., M.Ed., JRF & NET
Assistant Professor in Physical Science, Arafa Institute for Teacher Education
Attur, Thrissur.
Non-formal
education is the learning that occurs in a formal learning environment, but
that is not formally recognized within a curriculum or syllabus framework.
Non-formal education is achieved in exhibitions, workshops, extracurricular
courses and seminar. Non-formal education helps to meet the individual needs of
students. Participants are led to non-formal programs because they hope to
obtain knowledge and the necessary assistance for a better understanding of the
subject. This type of education is often sought when the schools do not equip
the student to practically apply what is learned in the schools.
Non-formal
education leads to continuous improvement, motivation and engagement, in
addition to practically applying the concept in the workplace. It prepares the
students in a short span of time to learn the life skills that can be used in
the corporate scenario and enhance their growth within the organization and
avails new opportunity to develop their career.
For
Example Exhibitions, enhance creative thinking and provides students the
willpower to organize and find out innovations. Symposium, on the other
hand, helps the learners to get
assistance to problematic themes and topics and help the student to think and
improve on such themes .Extracurricular activity, especially at schools, helps
the students to raise the self-esteem, develop solid relationship skills, and
learn time management skills; thus, the students are made to contribute to the
society.
We need to create systems that encourage our pupils
and student how to think, not just what to think; we need to foster greater
awareness of the history of ideas and we need to reinvigorate scientists with
as sense of social responsibility.
