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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 18:42:32 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Randall <4whp () insightbb com> Date: July 7, 2004 3:15:20 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>Subject: Re: [IP] WORTH THINKING ABOUT: THE SORRY STATE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 14:20, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: July 7, 2004 11:46:41 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] WORTH THINKING ABOUT: THE SORRY STATE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com WORTH THINKING ABOUT: THE SORRY STATE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION Culture critic Neil Postman decried the shallow state of science education in this age so dependent on the technological fruits of science: "From the point of view of the ascent of humanity, the scientific enterprise is one of our most glorious achievements. Would it be anexaggeration to say that not one student in fifty knows what 'induction'means? Or knows what a scientific theory is? 0r a scientific model? Orknows what are the optimum conditions of a valid scientific experiment? Or hasever considered the question of what scientific truth is?
Is this question really any different from the question asked by Dr. Bill Cosby recently, when he asked why inner-city kids weren't learning to speak English? ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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