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Re: [Phys-L] counter intuitive teaching



Not sure what this thread has to do with anything, but seemingly we are 'hard-wired' to lie...just observe young children (the researchers have)! All the 'boy-scout' virtues need to be learned and conditioned.

rwt

On 3/8/2015 8:03 PM, Bill Norwood wrote:
I believe that the fact that we are universally lied to and misled in all
aspects of life, including the history of physicists, calls for an entirely
new way of teaching.
On Mar 8, 2015 5:03 PM, "Bernard Cleyet" <bernardcleyet@redshift.com> wrote:

"Teachers have used the fable as a cautionary tale about telling the
truth (sic.) **but a recent educational experiment suggested that reading
'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' increased children’s likelihood of lying."


no reference in:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf


There’s more tho.


bc too lazy to edit: reference please.

** bc participates in insulting grammar correction.
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