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John M. Eger
Van Deerlin Endowed Chair of Communication and Public Policy
School of Journalism and Media Studies
Executive Director, International Center for Communications
San Diego State University
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-- His paper on Smart Communities in InterMedia.
Dear John:
(1) Many thanks again for your another contribution of the following very
inspiring essay (ATTACHMENT I);
C.P. Snow's Two
Cultures Are Emerging
(2) This article reminds me of a
sever chasm between climatologists and sociologists/economists;
(09/11/07) (1) Need
of dialogue between climatologists and sociologists, (2) Possible
complementarity of GSEEED to One Geology Project
http://tinyurl.com/5rqvlm
I was even simply appalled when I heard ÒDonÕt believe the forecast made by
economists!!Ó, an exclamation made by a famous environmentalist during;
ÒState of the
Planet 08: Real People, Real Places, Real SolutionsÓ
March 27 and 28, 2008, Columbia University
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sop2008/?id=agenda
(04/01/08)
"State of The Planet 08" conference at Columbia University on
3/27-28/08
http://tinyurl.com/526cta
(3) This is why our Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG)
project has following two tier system;
Namely, each specialist construct their systems
individually, and interlink them at appropriate locations (e.g., red lines in
the above diagram).
Dear E-Colleagues:
(4) Pls enjoy reading JohnÕs new essay in ATTACHMENT I.
Pls also visit his last essay at;
(01/18/09) John
Eger, "An Envision San Diego Commentary on The Creative Economy"
http://tinyurl.com/de73vx
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: John Eger <jeger@mail.sdsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:52:41
-0800
To: John Eger <jeger@mail.sdsu.edu>
Subject: An Envision Commentary
on Art and Science in Education
2/2/2009
C.P. Snow's Two Cultures Are
Emerging
Joyce M. Gattas
and John M. Eger | Commentary
Fifty years ago, physicist-turned-novelist C.P. Snow talked about the "two
cultures" of physicists and writers, and the "hostility and
dislike" that divided the world's "natural scientists," its
chemists, engineers, physicists and biologists, from its "literary
intellectuals."
That divide, Natalie Angier of The New York Times wrote last summer,
"continues to this day, particularly in the United States, as educators,
policymakers and other observers bemoan the Balkanization of knowledge, the
scientific illiteracy of the general public and the chronic academic turf wars
that are all too easily lampooned."
The IIT Institute of Design in Chicago reportedly has found a way to
"bridge the chasm between business and design."
It defines design as "a core methodology of innovation" and as such,
it argues, represents the key to new inventions and innovation itself.
Business schools across America are rethinking their curricula, too, as the
Master of Fine Arts is as valued to business as the revered M.B.A.
Dartmouth College is exploring "mathematics across the curriculum,"
linking math with a humanistic discipline in 16 disciplines; and the University
of Michigan launched "The Millennium Project" to merge humanities
courses into its engineering curriculum.
Angier reported, "The most ambitious of these exercises in fusion thinking
is a program under development at Binghamton University in New York called The
New Humanities Initiative."
"Jointly conceived by David Sloan Wilson, a professor of biology, and
Leslie Heywood, a professor of English, the program is intended to build on
some of the themes explored in Wilson's evolutionary studies program, which has
proved enormously popular with science and non-science majors alike, and which
he describes in a recently published book, 'Evolution for Everyone.' "
True Understanding
" _'You can study music, dance, narrative storytelling and art making
scientifically, and you can conclude that yes, they're deeply biologically
driven, they're essential to our species, but there would still be something
missing," Dr. Wilson said, "and that thing is an appreciation for the
work itself, a true understanding of its meaning in its culture and context.'
"
As a whole new economy based upon creativity and innovation emerges - the dawn
of the "Creative Age" - the importance of reinventing our business
strategies, our corporations, our communities, our schools and more is
critical.
We need to redesign our high school and college curricula to focus on preparing
students for this new competition.
Yet today, in the rush to confront the wave of outsourcing and offshoring
caused by the globalization of the economy, it is math and science alone that
are urged upon our young, to our peril.
Last summer, President Bush signed the America Competes Act, which authorizes
$151 million to help students earn a bachelor's degree in math or science, $125
million to help math and science teachers get credentials, and additional money
to help align K-12 math and science curricula to better prepare students for
college.
In truth, we need a huge infusion of capital and a change in attitude for both
art and music and math and science.
Importantly, we need to define a well-rounded education and to make the case
for its importance in a global innovation economy.
Sadly, if America does not capture the high ground in this latest effort to
transform education - by meeting the global, economic demand for creativity and
innovation - America will lose the lead it enjoys forever.
Joyce M. Gattas is dean of the College of Professional Arts and Studies, and
John M. Eger is the Van Deerlin endowed chair of communications and public
policy at San Diego State University.
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