Final Essay

Aristotle is thought to be one of the most influential philosophers and scientists of his time, having lived from 384 to 322 BCE and to do this day discussed for his contributions in the expansion of science (Amadio and Kenny, 2018). The world has greatly changed since Aristotle’s time, not only with the advancement of science but also with technology and industrialization. Not only would Aristotle be lost in the drastically different world around today, he would also be lost in a science classroom due to the breadth of knowledge we now know. The field of science has grown leaps and bounds beyond what it used to be, with thousands of discoveries made within the cell, not including the millions of discoveries and advancements made in the entire

In Alexander Bird’s (2012) article discussing the structure of scientific revolutions and a dissection of Kuhn’s research in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), the nature and history of science is described through a series of ideas on its structure with the most important idea on the philosophical targets of said structure. One of the targets was refuting of the cumulative effects of science with revolutions. With central scientific beliefs changed from revolutionary ideas, processes, or challenges to the original findings that dispute these old findings. By disputing previous findings, the ideas are changed, altered or eliminated instead of adding to the field in a cumulative progression (Bird, 2012). For this reason, although groundbreaking and of utmost importance to the development of science at the time, Aristotle’s ideas were later proven false and replaced with corrected ideas and not simply added onto. His ideas were central to the time he was alive, allowing for the expansion of science but, many of his ideas were later found either false or incomplete. Additionally, Aristotle’s ideas would be viewed as elementary compared to new discoveries being made today. Thus, with the advent of scientific revolutions and advances, Aristotle's ideas have been buried and are simply remembered for their historic

This means pure lecture should not be allowed in K12 education. Students need to utilize all 8 learning styles in a classroom to gain the most from the class, with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, verbal, independent, group, logical, and combination activities to not only improve learning but also interest in the course (Silver et al., 1997). Regular breaks in the activities performed must be utilized, routines are essential to eliminate misbehavior, visual models, and activities to showcase what it is like to be a scientist are essential. Teachers must learn to adapt to the types of students in the classroom as well as the materials given to them. It is not an easy job being a teacher and even more difficult to show students the beauty of