Ed Weick wrote:
>
> > Ed Weick wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > I would also suggest that we might be concerned about too many kids
> going
> > > into math and science, rather than too few. We are in danger of turning
> out
> > > techno-robots rather than thinkers.
> >
> > Do you mean to imply that "humanities" graduates are more
> > thinkers than technical graduates?
>
> Brad, I'm not sure of what I'm implying. What I have a problem with,
> though, is the near panic around producing math and science grads as though
> that will save us from some impending dark fate or secure us a pre-eminent
> place among nations. From what our governments and departments of education
> are saying, we no longer look at school kids as potential adults who will
> need to exercise insight, understanding and compassion, but as "human
> resources" that will be needed to ensure that our productivity gains are at
> least equal to those of our global competitors, etc.
I guess I'm coming at it from the opposite direction: I think
a doctoral degree should not be a technical certification even
in "technical" disciplines. A "masters" degree (as in: Master of
Real Estate Science, from New York University...) should certify
technical competence. A doctoral degree should honor
wisdom (love of philosophy for teaching and healing with
especial focus on deploying the disciplinary field in which the
degree is awarded to those ends).
\brad mccormick
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