"Expert and enthusiastic teachers that will motivate and encourage pupils are in chronically short supply in individual science subjects, particularly physics and chemistry," Mr. Smithers said.
Citing the pressing need of science "but also of our age in general" for a "comprehensive world view based on the material facts accumulated in the individual sciences", the appeal appears above all to have been an orchestrated attempt to buttress Mach's positivist conception of science in the face of recent realist criticisms of Mach by Max Planck, then Germany's leading theoretical physicist.
But despite this unity of purpose, the underlying science is highly multidisciplinary with individual sciences working in unison.
The less good news was a fall in the numbers taking individual science subjects and studying foreign languages: the bias against the hard subjects may even be growing.
Science grades fell, as expected, following the introduction of new exams with more challenging syllabuses in biology, chemistry, physics and applied science, as well as a shift away from pupils taking combined science towards individual science papers.
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Spirituality Rising The increasing belief in miracles would seem to run counter to a culture undergoing rapid technological change, where science is ascendant in individual lives.
Undergraduates entering science curricula differ greatly in individual starting points and learning needs.
