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Good Review of Unscientific America from APS's "Forum on Education"

Art Hobson advocates for comprehensive science education reform to enhance public school education and strengthen our scientific workforce.

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Art Hobson, an Emeritus physicist at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has reviewed our book for the American Physical Society's educational forum, and it seems he liked it. A quote:

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Summarizing its prescription, the book's final chapter states "We must fundamentally change the way we think and talk about science education," and this means rethinking the education of scientists as well as the public school and college education of non-scientists. "We don't simply need a bigger scientific workforce: We need a more cultured one, capable of bridging the divides that have led to science's declining influence. …We must invest in a sweeping project to make science relevant to the whole of America's citizenry." I couldn't agree more.

You can read Hobson's full review here

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