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AN article by Dr. W. H. George on “Science and University Teaching” in the New University of November, emphasizing the value of the widespread use of scientific methods in dealing with the social problems of to-day, points out that an education which includes one or more sciences does not necessarily foster scientific action. Even a knowledge of science up to university degree standard does not necessarily guarantee ability to think or act scientifically within the scope of the sciences studied. While, however, teaching is the best way of promoting the use of the scientific method, Dr. George points out that, in general, science but no scientific method is taught to science students and that scientific method, but no science, is taught to a small proportion of arts students and this teaching is separated from that of the student's main subject of study.
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Science and University Teaching. Nature 141, 197 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141197a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141197a0