A Study of Attitude of High School Pupils towards General Science

Science has helped the man to acquire supremacy over nature. It has greatly affected the way the people view themselves and the world around them. The wonderful achievements of science glorified the modern world and illuminated the human creative potential. Science is the knowledge acquired by study, acquaintance with or mastery of any department of learning. Science in literal sense, means 'the pursuit of knowledge'. The science comes from the latin word 'scientia' which means 'knowledge'. Science is usually defined as systematized knowledge. It is not a casual heap of disconnected scraps,but the bonds of union and the principles of arrangement of knowledge and it is mainly practical and social. Science is considered as a cumulative and endless series of empirical observations which result in the formulation of concepts and the formulation of concepts and theories, with both concepts and theories are being subject to modification in the light of further empirical observations. Science is both a body of knowledge and the process of acquiring and refining knowledge. Hence science has two aspects ? science as a product and science as a process. The whole accumulated facts, concepts, principles, hypothesis, theories etc. come under the process of science. Scientific mindedness includes the scientific methods, scientific attitude, interest and appreciation. Development of scientific attitude, scientific aptitude and scientific methods are some of the aims and objectives of teaching and learning science. They are also the main determinants of the pupil's achievement.