tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072440028440011959.post676129819276994535..comments2024-03-20T04:06:14.857-04:00Comments on Education Outrage: The Big Lie: we need to know that teaching never matters in university rankingsRoger Schankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14567989582447087635noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072440028440011959.post-14448256116027097192014-09-24T12:43:56.136-04:002014-09-24T12:43:56.136-04:00"Everywhere in Western civilization education..."Everywhere in Western civilization education is in a state of confusion ... YET in actual practice education is daily under fire of severe criticism. People demand of it all sorts of new things. At the same time they denounce it for its failure to meet the existing demands."<br />Everett Dean Martin, Whither Mankind (1928), Chapter XV: Education, Pg. 354<br /><br />(http://www.questia.com/read/1169336/whither-mankind-a-panorama-of-modern-civilization)<br /><br /> As you wrote on your Education webpage, there are only two things wrong with education. <br /> There have been ongoing disputes about the purpose of U.S. Universities and WHAT TO TEACH for a good century at least, particularly since the adoption of the German style research doctorate programs. Just don't look up the definition of "doctorate" because research doctorate programs are not about developing teaching ability. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate)<br /> The writer of a recent letter to University Affairs magazine (http://www.universityaffairs.ca/Default.aspx) noted the use of the doctorate in the U.S. as a requirement for administrative positions and as an emblem of status.<br /> <br /> The late Professor Edwin T. Jaynes made some interesting remarks regarding teaching and research in a retirement speech that you might find resonates with your viewpoint. <br />http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/backward.look.pdflaserbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211052847493740579noreply@blogger.com