LESS INTEREST IN SCIENCE AMONG STUDENTS

SUMMARY

Human Capital Roadmap Science and Technology 2020 targeting 60 percent of science students unfortunately it dropped to the field of science and mathematics ust !" percent and 2# percent for pure science$ The main factors causing this decline is due to many students %ho consider this su& ect 'ery difficult to learn$ (re'iously) the decline of students ta*ing science su& ects is caused &y the teaching of science in +nglish that affected many students can not understand science %ell$ ,ther factors that cause students are less interested in science are the poor teaching of the su& ect) the lac* of priority gi'en to the su& ect &y school management) the lac* of information on career prospects in science-related fields and the poor prospects of promotion for science-.ualified graduates) the deployment of teachers and insufficient professional support and super'ision$ The main pro&lem lies in the implementation and management of effecti'e teaching and learning particularly in the conduct of practical %or* / either not conducted at all especially for core science) or the teachers themsel'es doing the demonstration %ith students as passi'e onloo*ers$ 0ot all the students in'ol'e in practical %or* and they only &ecame as o&ser'er$ Teacher should change the %ay of teaching that could in'ol'e all students in practical %or*s to &oost their

interest and curiosity to%ard science$ Another difficulties that can &e found are some schools particularly in ur&an areas) science teachers e1ceed the num&er re.uired) in other rural schools %here there is a small student enrolment) the situation is the re'erse$ Science education also suffers from insufficient professional support and super'ision$ The result of not ha'ing a good monitoring system in place is further eroded &y the lac* of super'ision and guidance gi'en to the teachers$ 2e studied ho% the +urope countries can create interest among students in science) through in.uiry-&ased science education that 'ery successful in increasing the num&er of students that pursuing courses in science su& ect$ 3n Malaysia) although efforts %ere done to re-emphasise an in.uiry-&ased approach in the teaching of Science) such efforts %ere not sustained$ 4y introduction of integration science and 3CT %hich %as predicted to offer the e1citement to student in learning science &ut it did not long lasting$ 3nterest in science should &e nurtured as early as *indergarten$ Children &y nature are in.uisiti'e and the &est %ay to de'elop this curiosity instinct is to allo% them to ha'e hands-on e1perience$ This %ill de'elop their e1periences and creati'ity also their thin*ing s*ills can &e enhanced$ The go'ernment targets to had a large num&er of scientist and engineer in 2020$ The current situation sho%s us that %e are lac*ing of student that had interest in science and something must &e done to encounter this pro&lem$ Amount of science students at institutions of higher learning are no% only around

!5)000 people a year than its target of 600)000 students annually. 3f %e are failed to produce the appropriate num&ers of science students it %ould &e ad'erse effects to national de'elopment %hen there %as insufficient e1pertise in science and technology$ The Ministry of +ducation should e1amine the matter thoroughly and formulate a suita&le plan to de'elop the interest of students in Science$

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3mpairment num&er of science students are more critical trigger a ne% polemic national education targets for the direction of a de'eloped country$ The decline %as spar*ed fears among the 'arious parties in addition to the .uestion of %hy the flo% is considered prestigious &ecame less attention8 9espite not &eing hands-off and 'arious efforts ha'e &een carried out to &oost &ac* the increase to 60 percent of students of science) it is still unclear$ Thus) the .uestion arose) %hether the su& ect %as once a sym&ol of student status is increasingly not the headline8 2hy the drastic change of students :patterns: choice of study8 +'en %hen the science stream is categori;ed as prestigious) the returns are not consistent cause more students are %illing to change the stream$ 3n today:s competiti'e %orld) the prestige 'alue of the stream does not play an important role could instead &e gi'en a guarantee that the main attracti'e factors$ <or those %ho are in that situation) they %ould ha'e made the selection of the stream that %ill ha'e good return after the study$ 3n their opinion) %hat is the science ha'e if that limited their career$ This scenario continues to the uni'ersity le'el %hen students in higher education see learning in science is not %orth it other than hard and &oring$ Many reasons to &e studied to sol'e the e1isting issues$ ,f course %e do not %ant to sacrifice their future ust &ecause plagued %ith pro&lems that can &e sol'ed$ Science is more complicated compared to art &ecause science re.uire

the emphasis of understanding concepts$ The culture of students that prefer to memori;e comparing ma*ing analysis$ This led to interest in the stream does not gro% &ecause anyone %ant to choose a simple stream that ensures their successful pass through$ ,'er the years) %e are &elie'ed that the science is hard) not attracti'e) can lead to the dropping of result) and so forth$ This causes students to &e afraid$ The perception of science should &e con'erted to different perspecti'es) such as science helps to &oost the image of a person) fun or can ans%er many .uestions$ 3 &elie'e if %e emphasi;ed this concept of thin*ing) the interest in science to e1pand$ To increase students: interest to%ards science) se'eral steps must &e done immediately$ The school can create &ac* Science and Mathematics 2ee* as applying the &asic le'el of interest in the stream$ This program is effecti'e to sprout students: interest &ecause it %as e1posed to the :&eauty: of science at the primary le'el$ The interest in science can &e fostered through reading and indi'idual success) especially international scientists$ Malaysia needs at least 500)000 %or*ers in the science and technology &y 2020 to achie'e high-income de'eloped country status$ The ministry of education and teachers must %or* hard to increase the num&er of students ta*ing science su& ects to achie'e this goal$

WAJ 3102 English Language Proficiency 1 SAMZUR ! " MA# $$0%13&03&'013 (rou) 1.'
LESS INTEREST IN SCIENCE AMONG STUDENTS

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INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA ARAS 1, ENTERPRISE BUILDING 3, BLOK 2200, PERSIARAN APEC, CYBER 6, 63000 CYBERJAYA