Article ID: CBB001321220

Scientific Equity: Experiments in Laboratory Education in Ghana (2013)

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During the 1960s the Ministry of Education in Ghana created a network of school laboratories to increase scientific literacy among young citizens. The ministry stocked these Science Centres with imported beakers, Bunsen burners, and books. Education officials and university scientists worked with teachers to create lesson plans on water, air, plants, and other topics. The government hoped that scientifically minded schoolchildren would be better prepared to staff the industries of the future. The adoption of laboratory norms represented a desire for scientific equity, rather than a condition of cultural mimicry. Interviews with ministry officials and science educators, alongside letters and reports, indicate how students and teachers appropriated the laboratories in the small West African nation. Their experiences in mobilizing resources from across Ghana and around the world provide a metaphor for ongoing efforts to establish access to scientific goods in Africa.

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Authors & Contributors
Kurtulmus, A Faik
Irzik, Gürol
Lukas Breitwieser
Baneke, David
Pitman, Andy
Conway, Erik
Concepts
Science and government
Laboratories
Science and industry
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Science education and teaching
Research institutes; research stations
Time Periods
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
United States
Shenzhen (China)
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Ghana
Netherlands
Japan
Institutions
华大基因 (Beijing Institute of Genomics)
University of Tokyo
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