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Re: [Phys-l] Mary Burgan's Defense of Lecturing



The question, "What is Science?", given the context, is a good one. Hyperbole, however, does not assist in finding an answer.
Regards,
Jack


On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Brian Whatcott wrote:

At 11:18 PM 2/17/2007, you wrote:
Since Burgan is not in science, perhaps the best response to her editorial
was published by her peers:

<http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/change/index.asp?key=992>

Thanks to someone who posted this on another list. Hake hardly needed to
rebut the editorial.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

This sentiment of John's is puzzling. Am I to conclude that a
professor of teaching/learning at PenState(Berks), is the peer
of a non-science person, and so does not qualify for him as being
"in Science"?

She appears to understand the concept of controlled experiment
- though it be of liveware: she refers to the literature at every
assertion.
I ask myself then: just what DOES qualify as science: someone
who weaves elaborate theories of the unobservable? - as it might
be strings or the events at the first millisecond of creation?
It is a puzzle.


Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!


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