Freitag, 11. März 2011 1 · !ukasz A. Turski CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND CARDINAL WYSZY"SKI UNIVERSITY. COPERNICUS SCIENCE CENTER WARSAW. POLAND

1Freitag, 11. März 2011

Teaching science and democracy

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

AND CARDINAL WYSZYŃSKI UNIVERSITY.COPERNICUS SCIENCE CENTER

WARSAW. POLAND



Thomas Jefferson

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



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



• 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!




• ...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



• 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



• 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



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



Is there any Educatuon Crisis?



Sheer NumbersTaken from: Education at Glance. OECD Indicators 2010




At a Glance :

NO




At a Glance :

NOIn Realty:

YES!9Freitag, 11. März 2011


The World as the Schrödinger CAt




The World as the Schrödinger Cat

=α +β

|α|2+|β|2=1






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.






• 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!



Two main pivots of modern eductaion



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



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


AN Example: Warsaw Copernicus Science Center Project



Copernicus


Copernicus

• First Science Center in Poland


Copernicus

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


Copernicus

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

Social Sciences in Re:Generation gallery)


Copernicus


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


Copernicus


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

air exhibits) will be open in April



Extramural activities


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)







• 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


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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Freitag, 11. März 2011 1 · !ukasz A. Turski CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND CARDINAL WYSZY"SKI UNIVERSITY. COPERNICUS SCIENCE CENTER WARSAW. POLAND