Salle University Undergraduate science and mathematics education in this country currently suffers from an image problem. While the public welcomes the advances in technology that result from the further understanding of science, the discipline itself is paradoxically viewed with disdain.
Serious consequences follow from such views.
Many students consider science to be irrelevant, unless it's memorized for the final exam. Furthermore, college students are often ill-prepared for a curriculum in science because science education is seen either an unimportant or as a luxury that most school districts cannot afford, instead of a necessary component of a quality education. It's time scientists and science educators come to grips with the fact that they are at least partially to blame for the public's preception of science. Both researchers and educators need to become effective communicators and tell the public exactly why science is important. High school is too late to begin a meaningful education in science.