ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Chuck Fascinating that Santorum takes his sick daughter to doctors who are class of intellectuals he is so dismissive of. Martin On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Chuck Howarth <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related > institutions. > > ***************************************************************************** > > I think the issue has grown beyond science to a broader antipathy towards > intellectual pursuits in general, as Rick Santorum's recent quote suggests. > Here it is if you missed it: > > "There are good decent men and women; who go out and work hard every day; > and put their skills to test that aren’t taught by some liberal college > professor trying to indoctrinate them." > > What Stephen is proposing is exactly what Santorum objects to—the > possibility that people might actually learn to think for themselves. It > is pretty amazing that a major national candidate would dare to make a > statement like that. You would think he would be laughed out of the > campaign. But unfortunately no. We have our work cut out for us, guys. > > > > Jennie - > > My point was not that we should just take away dogma and permit the > vacuum to be filled with whatever people wanted, but that we should > completely rethink the teaching of a bolus of content through rote > learning, and replace it with teaching kids how to think, deepen their > understanding, and master asking questions and seeking answers. We are > trying so hard to turn out encyclopaedias rather than thinking adults that > we completely miss the opportunity to teach them the most important things, > which, indeed, aren't even things. > > > > Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD. > > Chuck Howarth, Vice President > ____________________________________ > > G Y R O S C O P E I N C > 283 Fourth Street, Suite 201 > Oakland, CA 94607 > > tele: 510.986.0111 > web: www.gyroscopeinc.com > blog: http://museums-now.blogspot.com > ____________________________________ > > -- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Martin Weiss, PhD Senior Scientist New York Hall of Science mweiss at nyscience.org cell 347-460-1858 desk 718 595 9156 -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended solely for the addressee(s) in the first instance and may contain confidential information. Please do not forward this email without the consent of the sender. *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]