BLOG POST: Mr. Buxman Ponders, "How Do We Teach Students to Think Like Scientists?"

During commencement season in June, I heard two speeches that stuck with me. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy's valedictory address by Kelly Fradet '16 opened with—
"Now if you know me, you know I love science and I encourage all of you to think like scientists. Some of you English and history people may have just tuned me out, but please come back."
A few days later and across town at the Caltech commencement, Atul Gawande led with—
"If this place has done its job—and I suspect it has—you’re all scientists now. Sorry, English and history graduates, even you are, too. "

On Fostering a Scientific Mindset

Both Fradet and Gawande continued by reflecting on the nature of education and thinking, what it means to view life through the lens of a scientist, and, more hopefully, how to live life with the mind of a scientist. Each in their own way suggested what would be required to develop the mindset of a scientist.

Continue reading Mr. Buxman's blog post about thinking like a scientist.
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