Re: Physics Education reform in 50s and 60s

[Peter Schoch <pschoch@NAC.NET>]

Sorry, I guess my question was poorly phrased.  The student wanted to
know about reform targeted at, or started by, the task of "...landing a
man on the moon before this decade is out..."

Peter Schoch

Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> At any given time there were people who
> tried to improve teaching methodology.
> Ludwik Kowlski
>
> On Friday, Jun 4, 2004, at 06:10 America/New_York, Peter Schoch wrote:
>
>
>
> > One of our education majors came to me with a good question, but one I
> > couldn't answer, and I'm hoping for some help/direction.
> >
> > With the new focus to return to the moon, the student wanted to know
> > how
> > physics education was 'retooled' during the late 50s and early 60s
> > vis-a-vis the last push to get to the moon and our supposed 'knowledge
> > gap' with the Soviets.
> >
> > I thought there was some physics education reform at that time, but I
> > didn't know if it was driven by those reasons.  I also couldn't
> > remember
> > what the reform was.  Can anyone point me to a reference I can give the
> > young man?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Peter Schoch