A Cornucopia of Problems: The Importance of Speculative Thought and Imagination

Autor/inn/en	Visser, Jan; Visser, Muriel; Burnett, Ron
Titel	A Cornucopia of Problems: The Importance of Speculative Thought and Imagination
Quelle	In: TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 48 (2004) 2, S.70-72 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-3894
Schlagwörter	Scientific Research; Scientific Concepts; Sciences; Information Technology; Global Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Science; Wissenschaft; Informationstechnologie; Globales Denken
Abstract	Science is among the most grandiose, the most magnificent playgrounds one can imagine. One can play with innumerable objects, turn them into composite objects, play with rules, combine rules in different ways, invent new rules, and build theoretical frameworks that reveal the essential simplicity and beauty of how different phenomena fit into a larger worldview that accommodates multiple rules and allows other law-like behavior to be hypothesized. So, in science, unlike in most constructed games that we grow accustomed to playing from childhood onward, there are no fixed rules. Rather, there are meta-rules that set the boundaries around scientific research and exploration. The most basic meta-rule is that the scientific community scrutinizes itself rigorously and continually to determine whether the "games" it engages in are indeed being played the right way, a process that Bronowski (1978) refers to as a "self correcting activity" (p. 122). (Contains 2 photographs.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10