This extract is from a professor at a community college who wants to bring vivid examples of big thinking to his students.
As such it is a kind of outreach that connects people with sophisticated content in a way that makes sense to them.
...students' imaginations have loved meeting the scientists and professors and problem solvers on the PBS/Nova site, Secret Lives of Scientists and Engineers and on the MacArthur Foundation's "Meet the Fellows" site. "Secret Lives" shows that real people who can tell jokes also create world-class science. Watch "Thirty Second Science: Andre Fenton" with the New York University neuroscientist Andre Fenton. You'll be hooked. Watching Fenton, my student Punctuation said, "That guy is really cool." I reached out and found Fenton, who was delighted to contact and encourage that student to stick with calculus.
As such it is a kind of outreach that connects people with sophisticated content in a way that makes sense to them.
...students' imaginations have loved meeting the scientists and professors and problem solvers on the PBS/Nova site, Secret Lives of Scientists and Engineers and on the MacArthur Foundation's "Meet the Fellows" site. "Secret Lives" shows that real people who can tell jokes also create world-class science. Watch "Thirty Second Science: Andre Fenton" with the New York University neuroscientist Andre Fenton. You'll be hooked. Watching Fenton, my student Punctuation said, "That guy is really cool." I reached out and found Fenton, who was delighted to contact and encourage that student to stick with calculus.
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