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(Im)Possibility of Learning Science Through Livelihood Activities at Community Schools in Nepal

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  • Kamal Prasad Acharya
  • Rajani Rajbhandary
  • Milan Acharya

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The Science in the Learning Home (SciLH) program was designed to address two well-documented, inter-related educational problems observed in the Community High Schools in Nepal. The first relates to the achievement of students in science in Secondary Education Examination (SEE), which is below average (33 out of 75 i.e. 44%), and the second concerns the insufficiencies of the resources and instruction to discourse their traditional and livelihood requirements through school science learning activities. Funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal, as a Small Research Development and Innovation Grants (SRDIG) to the faculty member, SciLH is a title set by the researcher to provide a new and innovative concept to learn science from the home and cultural practices. The tenth-grade high school students and the community people (parents) participated in the study. Livelihood practices and activities at the home link SciLH concept aligns with the school science curriculum and textbooks with that of cultural practices. This research article offers a framework to explore factors which support the accomplishment of the ethnically different student population and parents using the outline of ethno-perspective.

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  • Kamal Prasad Acharya & Rajani Rajbhandary & Milan Acharya, 2019. "(Im)Possibility of Learning Science Through Livelihood Activities at Community Schools in Nepal," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(6), pages 1-88, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:assjnl:v:15:y:2019:i:6:p:88
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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