End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History: A $100,000 Challenge to Our Top Educational LeadersThis book discusses misunderstandings related to the scientific method of creative problem solving and decision-making. The author has conducted extensive research in this field for more than 15 years and shows that the misunderstandings have created great harms in the educational field and in most other fields. This book will be important reading for all those interested in better education, better thinking, and a better society. |
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... programs and educational research . Clouds on the Horizon Dr. James B. Conant was President of Harvard University from 1933 to 1953. In his books written between 1947 and 1966 , he expressed some extraordinary ideas about the non ...
... programs and educational research . Clouds on the Horizon Dr. James B. Conant was President of Harvard University from 1933 to 1953. In his books written between 1947 and 1966 , he expressed some extraordinary ideas about the non ...
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... Programs This chapter will make history in the battle over the biggest intellec- tual and educational blunder in history . For here I present to the public in clear A B C form the three basic reasons for many of the ills of education ...
... Programs This chapter will make history in the battle over the biggest intellec- tual and educational blunder in history . For here I present to the public in clear A B C form the three basic reasons for many of the ills of education ...
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... Programs C Killed- The development of a science of education Reasons A , B , and C are intertwined . When leading ... program of accumulating reliable education- al knowledge . A science builds on reliable knowledge and expands . ◇ No ...
... Programs C Killed- The development of a science of education Reasons A , B , and C are intertwined . When leading ... program of accumulating reliable education- al knowledge . A science builds on reliable knowledge and expands . ◇ No ...
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... programs . Feature 5 - There is rivalry and competition to be first to find " the truth " ( actually , as always , as close to the truth as can be determined ) . In education , there is more likely to be rivalry to promote some new ...
... programs . Feature 5 - There is rivalry and competition to be first to find " the truth " ( actually , as always , as close to the truth as can be determined ) . In education , there is more likely to be rivalry to promote some new ...
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... programs , many have been asso- ciated with untested fads foisted on our teachers and schools over the last 50 years . 3. Have the claims been verified by another source ? Many have echoed the false claims about the scientific method ...
... programs , many have been asso- ciated with untested fads foisted on our teachers and schools over the last 50 years . 3. Have the claims been verified by another source ? Many have echoed the false claims about the scientific method ...
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