[net-gold] Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities #2
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 15:16:50 -0800
From: Richard Hake <rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research
Universities #2
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ABSTRACT: In response to my post "Changing the Culture of Science
Education at Research Universities" [Hake (2011)], Math-Teach's
Robert Hansen wrote: "If you want to fix education you don't start at
the end. . . . .You start at the beginning."
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Similarly, according to a report in "Inside Higher Ed" by Stephanie
Lee (2009), Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation,
said: "The quality of math and science learning at colleges and
universities ultimately begins with solid instruction at the K-12
level. While higher education remains strong, it is clear it cannot
continue without a strong foundation."
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In response to Gregorian, "Steve" in a comment on Inside Higher Ed's
report "Mobilization' for Math and Science Education" wrote: "From
experience I know that the quality of math and science learning at
colleges and universities ultimately DOES NOT begin with solid
instruction at the K-12 level, IT BEGINS WITH THE QUALITY OF MATH AND
SCIENCE LEARNING AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. For far too long
higher education has 'passed the buck' by not producing qualified
teachers."
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RIGHT ON STEVE, consistent with the NSF's (1996) report "Shaping the
Future" and Don Langenberg's <http://bit.ly/gRxINE> incisive:
"ALTHOUGH WE IN HIGHER EDUCATION ARE VERY SKILLFUL AT IGNORING THE
OBVIOUS, IT IS GRADUALLY DAWNING ON SOME OF US THAT WE BEAR A
SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS SAD SITUATION [the
state of K-12 education]."
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In response to my post "Changing the Culture of Science Education at
Research Universities" [Hake (2011)], Math-Teach's Robert Hansen
(2011) wrote:
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"Remedial education will not win the day, the battle is already over.
And that is exactly what these various schemes involve, remedial
education. They only exist because the students are entering college
not prepared for the material. If you want to fix education you don't
start at the end. In fact, every penny spent at the end is a penny
wasted. You start at the beginning."
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Similarly, according to a report in "Inside Higher Ed" by Stephanie
Lee (2009) titled "Mobilization for Math and Science Education,"
Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation, said - see
Stephanie Lee's (2009) Inside Higher Ed report "Mobilization for Math
and Science Education":
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"The quality of math and science learning at colleges and
universities ultimately begins with solid instruction at the K-12
level. While higher education remains strong. . . ,[[but see, e.g.,
"Academically Adrift" (Arum & Roksa (2011) and "Higher Education?:
How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids - and What We
Can Do About It" [Hacker & Dreifus. (2010)]]. . . . ., it is clear it
cannot continue without a strong foundation.' "
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In my post "Mobilization for Math/Science Education - Role of Higher
Education" [Hake (2009)], I commented [bracketed by lines "HHHHH. . .
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Taking issue with Gregorian, "Steve" in his comment "Higher Education
Responsibility" at <http://bit.ly/eeQUAU> wrote:
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"From experience I know that the quality of math and science learning
at colleges and universities ultimately DOES NOT begin with solid
instruction at the K-12 level, it begins with the quality of math and
science learning at colleges and universities. For far too long
higher education has 'passed the buck' by not producing qualified
teachers."
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RIGHT ON, STEVE! The NSF's (1996) report "Shaping the Future" put it
this way [my insert at ". . . . [[insert].] . . ."]:
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"Many faculty in SME&T. . . .[[Science, Mathematics, Engineering, &
Technology]]. . . at the postsecondary level continue to blame the
schools for sending underprepared students to them. But,
increasingly. . . .[[but not conspicuously]]. . . .the higher
education community has come to recognize the fact that teachers and
principals in the K-12 system are all people who have been educated
at the undergraduate level, mostly in situations in which SME&T
programs have not taken seriously enough their vital part of the
responsibility for the quality of America's teachers."
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In consonance with the above, physicist Don Langenberg (2001, p. 23)
<http://bit.ly/gRxINE>, (at the time) Chancellor of the University of
Maryland System, put it more succinctly:
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"Although we in higher education are very skillful at ignoring the
obvious, it is gradually dawning on some of us that we bear a
substantial part of the responsibility for this sad situation [the
state of K-12 education]."
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How sad is the state of K-12 education in the U.S.? According
Schmidt, Houang, & Shakrani (2009):
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"The consequences of our scattered approach. . . .[to K-12
education]. . . .are obvious - low standards by international
comparisons, mediocre student performance (especially in eighth and
twelfth grades), huge inequalities in curricular opportunities, and
loss of future job possibilities. . . . Today the performance gap
between the most and least proficient students in the United States
is among the highest of all OECD countries [OECD (2007)]. Unless the
American education system begins to prepare all of its students for
post-secondary education and the changing workplace, disturbing
trends in international comparisons will only worsen."
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
<rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com>
<http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake>
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". . . I know from both experience and research that the teacher is
at the heart of student learning and school improvement by virtue of
being the classroom authority and gatekeeper for change. Thus the
preparation, induction, and career development of teachers remain the
Archimedean lever for both short- and long-term improvement of public
schools."
Larry Cuban (2003) in "Why Is It So Hard To Get Good Schools?" (page 1).
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REFERENCES [All URL's accessed on 06 March 2011; some shortened by
<http://bit.ly/>.]
Anderson, W.A., U. Banerjee, C.L. Drennan, S.C.R. Elgin, I.R.
Epstein, J. Handelsman, G.F. Hatfull, R. Losick, D.K. O'Dowd, B.M.
Olivera, S.A. Strobel, G.C. Walker, I.M. Warner. 2011. "Changing the
Culture of Science Education at Research Universities," Science, 14
January: 331(6014): 152-153; online as a 172 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/eSLoCl>; supporting online references suggested by
R.R. Hake are at <http://bit.ly/g24Iqm>.
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Arum, R. & J. Roksa. 2011. "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on
College Campuses." University of Chicago Press, publisher's
information, including a synopsis and bio, are online at
<http://bit.ly/gPYBHj>. Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/f1f45O>. An excerpt from the book published in the
Chronicle of Education is at <http://bit.ly/f8dsWE>. An expurgated
Google book preview is online at <http://bit.ly/hejVNQ>.
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Berliner, D.C. 2005. "Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform"
Teachers College Record, August 02, online as an 852 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/g2V209>. See also Berliner (2009).
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Berliner, D.C. 2009. "Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors
and School Success," Center & Education Policy Research Unit; online
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BHEF. 2001. Business - Higher Education Forum (a partnership of the
American Council on Education and the National Alliance of Business),
Winter, "Sharing Responsibility: How Leaders in Business and Higher
Education Can Improve America's Schools" online as a 248 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/fgnu5q>.
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Cuban, L. 2003. "Why Is It So Hard To Get Good Schools?" Teachers
College Press,publisher's information at <http://bit.ly/gSn3P2>.
Amzazon.com information at <http://amzn.to/gvxHIb>. Note the "Look
Inside" feature. In regard to the Archimedean Lever, see Hake
(2005).
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Hacker, A. & C. Dreifus. 2010. "Higher Education?: How Colleges Are
Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids - and What We Can Do About It"
Holt/Times Books. Amazon.com information at <http://amzn.to/bunggt>.
See also the Hacker/Dreifus blog <http://bit.ly/gJp4Pg>.
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Hake, R.R.2005. "Teachers: the Archimedean Lever for Elevating
Public-Schools,"online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/eMK0E8>. Post of 3 Jun 2005 17:18:11-0700 to AERA-L
and various discussion lists.
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Hake, R.R. 2009. "Mobilization for Math/Science Education - Role of
Higher Education," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/dIR6sY>. Post of 13 Jun 2009 16:49:08 -0700. See also
an improved version of that post on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/hImJIx> where I state that Schmidt et al.'s (2009)
point that the "performance gap between the most and least proficient
students in the United States is among the highest of all OECD
countries" may well be associated with the fact that [quoting
Berliner (2005)], "poverty in the US is greater and of longer
duration than in other rich nations." See also Berliner (2009).
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Hake, R.R. 2011. "Changing the Culture of Science Education at
Research Universities," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/eqw6ow>. Post of 4 Mar 2011 08:04:14-0800 to AERA-L,
Net-Gold, and PhysLrnR. The abstract and link to the complete post
were transmitted to various discussion lists and are also online on
my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/hnkAuJ> with a provision
for comments. See also Anderson et al. (2011).
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Hansen, R. 2011. "Re: Changing the Culture of Science Education at
Research Universities," online on the OPEN! Math-Teach archives at
<http://bit.ly/eKDTiM>. Post of 5 Mar 5 12:06 PM (the Math-Forum
fails to indicate the time zone).
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Langenberg, D. 2001. Quoted on page 23 of BHEF (2001) at
<http://bit.ly/fgnu5q>.
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Lee, S. 2009."'Mobilization' for Math and Science Education," Inside
Higher Ed, 11 June; online at <http://bit.ly/g55daF>.
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NSF. 1996. "Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate
Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology," A
Report on its Review of Undergraduate Education by the Advisory
Committee to the NSF, chaired by Melvin George, online at
<http://1.usa.gov/fs0cOU>. Also online as a Google book preview at
<http://bit.ly/efLkDE>. This report is one of the few that emphasizes
the crucial role of higher education in determining the quality of
K-12 education.
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OECD. 2007. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development,
"PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World," online as a
360 kB pdf at <http://bit.ly/hHZeuP> (360 kB).
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Schmidt, W.H., R. Houang, & S. Shakrani. 2009. "International Lessons
About National Standards," online as a 180 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/hrev8S>.
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