Re: Research hounds needed

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:21:47 -0500, "Old Yank" <same@ Isee.net> wrote:

>A paradox exists. Producing a textbook on a subject that opens the
>students' minds up to thought might be one that presents several sides
>(approaches) of the particular subject study--allowing the students to mull
>over and deliberate among themselves and form their own opinions as to which
>of the ideas is correct. That would certainly promote learning because of
>the diversity of thought and conversation generated by the group.
>
>However, such a concept is considered unfruitful by academia because in its
>view there is only one way, not two, or three. So, to the educrats in
>charge, the textbook may present both approaches, but in the end it MUST
>strongly specify which is the right and which is the wrong. Otherwise--as
>Roseman points out--there is nothing against which the student can be
>graded, i.e. no concise standard of measure. Bummer.
>
>The American news media is becoming more and more the ideal as expressed
>above--in that for the first time in its history, the media is experiencing
>a bifurcated ideological expression. That is, since the advent of *talk
>radio* and FOX , both liberal and conservative ideas are being expressed
>over the airwaves in opposition to the venerable and strictly liberal BSs
>such as CBSbs, ABCbs, NBCbs, PBSbs and NPRbs that had dominated American
>broadcasting for decades.
>
>Transversely, academia--being liberal in foundation--feels the same about
>this broadcast phenomenon as it does about the textbook controversy: There
>should be only ONE ideal ultimately expressed. Not two, not three, and not
>four, etc.
>
>This is called fascism.
>
>I hate fascism.

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