Re: [Phys-l] Nobelists and the education system

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hey, man!  You are crediting Mr. Clement with MY question!  Pls review 
your ethical standards!
			Jack Uretsky

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Ricca, Bernard P wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, John Clement wrote:
>
> >       American education has produced a number of physics Nobelists.
> > How many were products of physics courses that would be approved by PER
> > enthusiasts?
> > -------------------------------------------
>
> Seymour Sarason wrote in his book "The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform" a bit positing why the USA has so many Nobelists per capita. In essence, he attributes it (only partly tongue-in-cheek, I think) to how bad our science education system is: Students interested in real science are required to think outside the box from their earliest days of school. After many years of subverting the system, as it were, to develop their own scientific insights, these people are very good at creating new insights.
>
> Barney
>
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