English 200 Tuesday, In your notebook, write about the following quote: “A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.” --Isaac Asimov

English 200 Wednesday, In your notebook, write about the following quote: “Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.” --Rupert Sheldrake

English 200 Thursday, In your notebook, write about the following quote: “Every experiment proves something. If it doesn't prove what you wanted it to prove, it proves something else.” --Anonymous

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Tuesday Active Reading Day – Use the active reading handout “O Americano Outra Vez,” by Richard Feynman, pp Precis Summary Due at the end of the Period Thursday!!

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Wednesday Reading Quiz Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez”

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Wednesday Who is Richard Feynman? 2.In what country did Feynman’s experience take place? How does this connect to Freire’s writing? 3.Describe the students Feynman observed. What did he notice about their learning? 4.What problems did Feynman experience when he tried to teach the students “differently” than what they had previously experienced? 5.How did the students and professors react to Feynman’s criticism of science education in the country in his final speech?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Wednesday and Thursday Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Author Comparison/Contrast Chart

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday, – Meet in the Library Precis – a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts. Should include: 1.A description of the context of the article 2.Who the author is and why he is important 3.A summary of the article (at least five sentences ) Who is the author of the text? What was the work’s original purpose? What cultural factors might have influenced the work? What are some of the author’s major concerns? What larger conversation is this text a part of? What are the primary points the authors makes in the writing?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Introduction: “He frequently remarked that if a teacher could not explain a scientific concept clearly to a college freshman, the teacher didn’t really understand it.”

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Feynman observed what Freire described as an illness “…I said that I couldn’t see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. TeacherStudents Content

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Inquiry Education (Liberal Education) “So I gave a strong lecture about having to actually try it, not just sit back and watch me do it” (71). TeacherStudents Inquiry

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Feynman’s notion of education is that it be rooted in inquiry Inquiry a request for information; an official effort to collect and examine information about something; the act of asking questions in order to gather or collect information

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Inquiry Education A student-centered method of education focused on asking questions. Students are encouraged to ask questions which are meaningful to them, and which do not necessarily have easy answers; teachers are encouraged to avoid giving answers when this is possible, and in any case to avoid giving direct answers in favor of asking more questions.

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Compare and contrast Feynman’s view of education with Freire’s view of education

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Discuss “O Americano Outra Vez” Connect Feynman with previous authors: Comparison / Contrast Seneca, Wollstonecraft, Primer, Douglass, Al-Ghazali, Newman, Locke