School Science A Quarterly Journal Of Secience Education

Introduction

Science is the process of generating knowledge thorough investigation into the natural world. Any investigation starts with a question. In finding a solution, we gather data, analyse, argue, and validate a hypothesis. Spirit of inquiry, collaborative work, argumentation, and communication are the fundamental forces driving the scientific community. Every school should bring these in regular practice for all its students from early childhood to develop a scientific temper.

In India, the National Curriculum Framework has set the aim for Indian science education to develop creativity, flexibility, and

inventiveness in every student of India (National Council of Educational Research and Training, 2005). However, still, we are far from achieving the goal (National University of Educational Planning and Administration, 2014). NCERT formed a “National Focus Group on Teaching of Science” according to their report published in 2006 “… science education, even at its best, develops competence but does not encourage inventiveness and creativity…” (Kumar, et al., 2006). In the last 40 years, lots of researches on science education have come up with the best possible recommendations (Driver, 1975; Fraser, 1998; Hoidn, 2017; Kremer, et al., 2013; Kumar, et al., 2006; K. Kumar, et al., 2001; Larkin, et al., 1980; Lederman