The Pull and Example of Science Education in the United States
The Pull and Example of Science Education in the United States
In AQ, Timothy DeVoogd describes how U.S.-Latin American study abroad programs deliver results in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.
I expected high school biology students. Instead, I was facing 120 middle school students who were on an outing to Maloka, an innovative science museum in Bogotá.
On the fly, I changed my presentation on how the brain works into a series of demonstrations. At the end, I was awed by the questions: “My mother has epilepsy; why is it that she doesn’t recognize me when she has a seizure?” “I have a pet bird. Does he learn like I do?”
The desire to learn and discover more was palpable. Yes, Latin America lags on indices of learning, not just behind Europe and North America, but...
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