The Culture Gap--What Is Formal Schooling with Its Science Education Component Doing to Papua New Guinea Society.

Maddock, M. N.

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The Culture Gap--What Is Formal Schooling with Its Science Education Component Doing to Papua New Guinea Society

Maddock, M. N.

Australian Science Teachers Journal, 21, 1, 93-97, May 75

In a recent scientific attitude study, high school students predicted scores for uneducated villagers which were significantly lower than the scores actually obtained by the villagers. The students also thought that village people were ignorant and could not be expected to show a scientific approach to things. (MLH)

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged, Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Secondary Education, Social Attitudes, Stereotypes

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