RE: RE: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom)

["Stevenson, Rebecca" <Rebecca -dot- Stevenson -at- workscape -dot- com>]

It's also a bit of an apples-to-oranges comparison, since we were not discussing "concepts" but whether it is better as a pedagogical method to move from the general to the specific or the specific to the general (as far as I can tell, at least). 

-----Original Message-----
From: GeneK [mailto:gene -at- genek -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:48 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: RE: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom)



It's still not possible to "create energy," only to 
convert between matter and energy.  Einstein's equation 
is a perfect example of how dry science can be as a 
subject when it's taught out of context.  It was obscure
before the bomb, and over half a century later even people
who are technical often get it wrong.

Gene Kim-Eng


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