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I had considered eliminating "around us".
Nothing in science is ever "proved"; it is our best approximation at
the moment.
And yes the natural world is in distinction to the supernatural world.
The natural world is of nature.
I really think most 7 yo understand "learning" and "understanding".
If not then I'd like to hear form early childhood educators a bout
more appropriate wording.
I guess a lot of us are still on vacation.
Martin
>
>
>Well, while we are wordsmithing--
>
>>>A way of understanding and learning about the natural world around us.
>>>
>>>Martin
>
>Why "natural" world? What does that mean to a 7 year old? Or to
>anyone? Is it in contrast to the "supernatural" world? Or to the
>features of the world that are built by humans? Are those excluded
>from science?
>
>And why "around us?" Does that exclude "within us?" And if it
>doesn't exclude that, then what is the purpose of the phrase?
>
>And what is the difference between "understanding" and "learning"
>from a 7 year old POV?
>
>So, martin's suggestion might be rephrased: "A way of learning about
>the world." Any useful definition has to include the
>characteristics that distinguish the object. Richard Feynman
>defined science many times, but one of my favorites is "the belief
>in the ignorance of experts."
>
>Anyway, maybe this modification would work for 7 year olds: "A way
>of looking at the world in which everything has to be proved" I
>think 7 year olds are familiar with the taunt "Prove it!" I realize
>that this can be misleading, but it gets at the difference between
>science and other ways of knowing.
>
>A grantwriter friend of mine has this above her desk:
>
>There are four basic human needs:
>
>Food
>Shelter
>Sex
>and...
>
>Editing other people's writing.
>
>Eric Siegel
>New York Hall of Science
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>On Apr 17, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Explorit Exhibits wrote:
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>>Martin's definition is almost word-for-word what I was going say.
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>>Anna
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