You needn’t be nerdy to achieve scientific laurels – NASA Scientist Posted Jan 26, 2015 at 10:34am US-based Ghanaian-born NASA robotics engineer Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollenu has urged African students to shed their fear of mathematics. He told the BBC’s Exchanges at the Frontier programme aired Sunday January 25, 2015 that the myth around maths as a difficult subject can be broken with persistent practice. “I get really upset when people say maths is difficult because believe me these kids practise their dance moves for hours and they don’t practise math so I ask you: ‘If you don’t practise your dance moves or whatever you are doing, your soccer, how are you going to get better at it?’” Dr Trebi-Ollenu is currently growing Africa’s next generation of scientists through a project called RISE –Robotics-Inspired Science Education, which he started in home country a few years ago. He told a live audience that he tries to engage African students through his robotics expertise to make them appreciate mathematics and science as subjects worth pursuing, while at the same time, demystifying the myth that only smart people can pursue mathematics or science subjects.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:22:36 +0000
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