Wpływ polskich towarzystw naukowych na zmiany zachodzące w edukacji przyrodniczej

Abstract

Science subjects teaching in Poland has been constantly changing during the last years. According to the opinion of many circles, these changes have often negatively impacted science education. As a consequence, some attempts to improve science education, initiated also by the Science Societies, have been undertaken. Taking into account the significance those Societies can play in promoting science education, an on-line questionnaire was designed to investigate the opinions of their members concerning the problems of science education in Poland. The results indicate that a majority of 266 people taking part in the questionnaire express a negative opinion about the current state of science education in Polish schools as well as about changes planned to be made in the nearest future. At the same time almost 82% of the questioned people are of the opinion that the Societies should cooperate in order to improve the level of science education.