In school, rarely do we learn how data become facts, how facts become knowledge, and how knowledge becomes wisdom.
No offense, @neiltyson, but this is LITERALLY the kind of thing we in the history of science/science & technology studies endeavor to teach.
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If you are ever interested, I would be happy to tell you about our field and what it does! We have studied these questions a long time!
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And we continue to study them! It is an active, vibrant field of research. With conferences and journals and everything! It's good stuff!
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You're a shining example Alex. But as a high school teacher I know this stuff is both nuanced and complex.
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my first reaction was this as well, but the more i think about it, the more i think he was talking about primary/secondary school. /10
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i studied anthro in my undergrad and learned about HCI and STS near the tail end of a ~7 year undergrad career (community college+UC). /10
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i can't think of a moment in primary/secondary school that anyone mentioned this except as narrative toward ~The Scientific Method~. /10
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i think i would have been much more interested in science if the human pulse beating underneath was more apparent /10
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i've lost count of the number of times people gave me condescending or pitying looks because i said i studied anthropology /10
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Premed students were regularly told that anthropology was a total waste of time. Found it shocking.
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Even if they don't value understanding cultural differences in treatment, i'd think the story of kuru would have been compelling enough...
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I actually studied about kuru! But then, it was in an anthro class, not a "hard" science course!
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I only recently learned about this field, it's really fascinating! Thanks for showing some of it here on Twitter!
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Thanks for pointing this out in a thoughtful manner,
@wellerstein. People with a bully pulpit like@neiltyson could really benefit.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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As a senior in high school who spent his entire life in the public school system I can tell you tyson is right. They teach for tests.
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Well,maybe some of you
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JUST talked to hubby about this(ish). The STUDENTS may be unaware of what/why we are trying to convey info. Only because they have no
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Experience to glean from yet. Same reason they wouldn't know not to run out into the street... Time takes time.
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Why not offense? He continually spouts off on topics like this of which he is wholly ignorant.
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I can attest to the fact that while I was doing my undergrad, I definitely looked back and felt that my learning could have been better.
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