"Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help" Topic
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Tango01  | 11 May 2024 5:04 p.m. PST |
…kids better understand science
"Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically about the ethics of science. Researchers have also found that sci-fi serves as a positive influence on how people view science. Science fiction scholar Istvan Csicsery-Ronay calls this "science-fictional habits of mind."
Scientists and engineers have reported that their childhood encounters with science fiction framed their thinking about the sciences. Thinking critically about science and technology is an important part of education in STEM – or science, technology, engineering and mathematics…"
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| smithsco | 11 May 2024 6:32 p.m. PST |
I read Michael Crichton and Orson Scott Card as assigned authors in my high school English classes. It was great and it did help me learn. I teach history in the same school today. All the books in English classes are woke garbage with a political agenda |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 May 2024 4:15 a.m. PST |
Modern sci-fi is as much fantasy as science fiction. |
ScottWashburn  | 12 May 2024 8:25 a.m. PST |
I did a book report on Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" when I was in third grade. :) |
| Gear Pilot | 12 May 2024 1:46 p.m. PST |
I read Sands of Mars from my Jr High Library. |
| Tango01 | 12 May 2024 4:11 p.m. PST |
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| smithsco | 12 May 2024 7:00 p.m. PST |
Some modern sci Fi is definitely fantasy but with lasers (Star Wars is great fantasy but it isn't sci Fi). Crichton was hard science. I miss him writing. I frequently revisit his works. |
| Tango01 | 13 May 2024 3:47 p.m. PST |
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| The Last Conformist | 22 May 2024 11:53 p.m. PST |
A lot of old sf was fantasy with rayguns. I think the only thing we read in school that could be called sf was 1984. |
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