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Ten benchmarks to improving practical science education

A report from the Gatsby Foundation outlines 10 keys to improve practical science education. Dr Matthew Hickman explains

The Gatsby Foundation has published its new report, Good Practical Science, outlining 10 benchmarks to transform practical science education in England.

Led by Sir John Holman and gauging the status of practical science at more than 400 secondary schools in England, the report will help schools to support practical science as a fundamental part of high-quality science education.

At the heart of science is the need to test questions and through experimentation. Science can never rely on the primacy of facts. If Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie and Barbara McClintock had relied only on what they “knew”, they would never have advanced our knowledge of the structure of DNA, radiation, and genetics, respectively.

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