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Sorry to have been so long-winded. In a nutshell: the success of the
European model in Europe does not necessarily imply the success of the
European
model in the U.S. I think most any model of science education would do better
abroad than here because social and cultural differences (especially in regard
to attitudes toward education) rather than the pedagogy used may turn out
to be
the factor primarily responsible for the differences in achievement in
science.
Importation of a successful foreign model of science education, while
tempting,
may simply end up being an expensive exercise in casting pearls of wisdom
before swine. We may want to justify such casting on other grounds, but
we may
need instead to concentrate our reform efforts on finding what combination of
seed and nutrients will yield the best crop in the soil we're aparently stuck
with.
Nick Guilbert