Freitag, 11. März 2011 1 · !ukasz A. Turski CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, POLISH ACADEMY OF...

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Teaching science and democracy

Łukasz A. TurskiCENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

AND CARDINAL WYSZYŃSKI UNIVERSITY.COPERNICUS SCIENCE CENTER

WARSAW. POLAND

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Thomas Jefferson

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the Preservation of our liberty.

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How are we following TJ?

• Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)MIT, Reytheon,Office of Scientific Research and Development

✓Sonar✓Radar✓Proximity Fuse✓Norden Bombsight✓Sulfamids✓penicillint✓Atomic Bomb

The Endless Frontier

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How are we following TJ?

• Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)MIT, Reytheon,Office of Scientific Research and Development

✓Sonar✓Radar✓Proximity Fuse✓Norden Bombsight✓Sulfamids✓penicillint✓Atomic Bomb

The Endless FrontierNew products and new processes do not appear full-grown. They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science!

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How are we following TJ?

• ...a major offensive to tackle Germany's educational system from the kindergarden level to technical schools and night schools for senior citizens. Germany, which likes to tout itself as the land of poets and thinkers, must once again "become the republic of education," "Prosperity for all means education for all."

Angela Merkel, June 13, 2008

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How are we following TJ?

• I believe that the superb education is, probably the Main advantage we can have against our competitors in the world economy.

Donald Tusk, October 16, 2010

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How are we following TJ?

• In the last three years, India has built eight new Institutes of Technology, twelve universities and seven new Institutes of Management. And in the next fifteen years, the number of graduates from Chinese universities is expected to grow five-fold.

• I’ve a six-year-old and a four-year-old and I’m terrified living in central London. Am I going to find a good secondary school for my children?

David Cameron, 11 July 2010u

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How are we following TJ?

we’re going to have to out-innovate and out-educate and out-build the rest of the world…That means investing in cutting-edge research and technology.  It means investing in the skills and training of our people.

Barack Obama. Penn State, Feb.3, 2011

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Is there any Educatuon Crisis?

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Is there any Educatuon Crisis?

Sheer NumbersTaken from: Education at Glance. OECD Indicators 2010

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Is there any Educatuon Crisis?

Sheer NumbersTaken from: Education at Glance. OECD Indicators 2010

At a Glance :

NO

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Is there any Educatuon Crisis?

Sheer NumbersTaken from: Education at Glance. OECD Indicators 2010

At a Glance :

NOIn Realty:

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The World as the Schrödinger CAt

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The World as the Schrödinger CAt

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The World as the Schrödinger Cat

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|α|2+|β|2=1

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The World as the Schrödinger CAt

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Education has changed

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Education has changed

• J.H.Pestalozzi (1746-1827)We teach no subject but w teach a child

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Education has changed

• J.H.Pestalozzi (1746-1827)We teach no subject but w teach a child

• XIX-XX Century teaching was doing just the opposite

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Education has changed

• J.H.Pestalozzi (1746-1827)We teach no subject but w teach a child

• XIX-XX Century teaching was doing just the opposite

• Modern teaching should be based on individual talents of a kid. It should be more like “Facebook” rather than Franklin Bobbit structured school

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Education has changed

• J.H.Pestalozzi (1746-1827)We teach no subject but w teach a child

• XIX-XX Century teaching was doing just the opposite

• Modern teaching should be based on individual talents of a kid. It should be more like “Facebook” rather than Franklin Bobbit structured school

• In XIX and XX century School education was to be sufficient for the life-time.

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Education has changed

• J.H.Pestalozzi (1746-1827)We teach no subject but w teach a child

• XIX-XX Century teaching was doing just the opposite

• Modern teaching should be based on individual talents of a kid. It should be more like “Facebook” rather than Franklin Bobbit structured school

• In XIX and XX century School education was to be sufficient for the life-time.

• nowadays we spent less than 10% of our life-time in educational institutions!

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Two main pivots of modern eductaion

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Two main pivots of modern eductaion

Science is the moving power behind teaching all kids and all subjects including humanities

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Two main pivots of modern eductaion

Science is the moving power behind teaching all kids and all subjects including humanitiesNon-formal education (outside structured school system) becomes the driving force.

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AN Example: Warsaw Copernicus Science Center Project

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Copernicus

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Copernicus

• First Science Center in Poland

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Copernicus

• First Science Center in Poland• Opened on Nov.5, 2010.

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Copernicus

• First Science Center in Poland• Opened on Nov.5, 2010. • 500+ exhibits in 6 “galleries”(including

Social Sciences in Re:Generation gallery)

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Copernicus

• First Science Center in Poland• Opened on Nov.5, 2010. • 500+ exhibits in 6 “galleries”(including

Social Sciences in Re:Generation gallery)• 200 000 visitors untli Feb.15

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Copernicus

• First Science Center in Poland• Opened on Nov.5, 2010. • 500+ exhibits in 6 “galleries”(including

Social Sciences in Re:Generation gallery)• 200 000 visitors untli Feb.15• Planetarium and Discovery Park (open

air exhibits) will be open in April

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Extramural activities

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Extramural activities• Science Picnic. Yearly One Day Open Air Science Fair

(since 1997) 200+ research institution form more than 25 countries. 120 000 visitors (on average).

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Extramural activities• Science Picnic. Yearly One Day Open Air Science Fair

(since 1997) 200+ research institution form more than 25 countries. 120 000 visitors (on average).

• “Do Experiments!” -Bus exhibition visiting remotes parts of the country

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Extramural activities• Science Picnic. Yearly One Day Open Air Science Fair

(since 1997) 200+ research institution form more than 25 countries. 120 000 visitors (on average).

• “Do Experiments!” -Bus exhibition visiting remotes parts of the country

• 80 Young Discoverers Clubs run in collaboration with Polish-American Freedom Foundation

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Extramural activities• Science Picnic. Yearly One Day Open Air Science Fair

(since 1997) 200+ research institution form more than 25 countries. 120 000 visitors (on average).

• “Do Experiments!” -Bus exhibition visiting remotes parts of the country

• 80 Young Discoverers Clubs run in collaboration with Polish-American Freedom Foundation

• 311 Workshops :Technical Academy (in 2010) sponsored by Samsung

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Extramural activities• Science Picnic. Yearly One Day Open Air Science Fair

(since 1997) 200+ research institution form more than 25 countries. 120 000 visitors (on average).

• “Do Experiments!” -Bus exhibition visiting remotes parts of the country

• 80 Young Discoverers Clubs run in collaboration with Polish-American Freedom Foundation

• 311 Workshops :Technical Academy (in 2010) sponsored by Samsung

• Weekly Family workshops in Warsaw (31 in 2010)

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Extramural activities• Science Picnic. Yearly One Day Open Air Science Fair

(since 1997) 200+ research institution form more than 25 countries. 120 000 visitors (on average).

• “Do Experiments!” -Bus exhibition visiting remotes parts of the country

• 80 Young Discoverers Clubs run in collaboration with Polish-American Freedom Foundation

• 311 Workshops :Technical Academy (in 2010) sponsored by Samsung

• Weekly Family workshops in Warsaw (31 in 2010)

• Dozen of The Public TV science shows: Why and How. and several public and commercial radio programs

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Conclusion

While you are enjoying your work, occasionally seized by the divine passion for solving problems, put some time aside regularly to think about your role in preserving your society against ignorance and unreason.Richard Garwin Physics graduation 2000, Berkeley

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