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2. American Chemical Society Enlightenment and the Responsibilities of the Enlightened Bassam Z. Shakhashiri The George Washington UniversityTeaching & Learning CollaborativeWashington, D.C. March 2, 2012

5. “Science is a hexagonal mountain with six faces… The three beautiful faces of science are science as subversion of authority, science as an art form, and science as an international club… Science is presented to our young people as a rigid and authoritarian discipline, tied to mercenary and utilitarian ends, and tainted by its association with weapons of mass murder. The way to attract young people into science is to show them all six faces and give them freedom to explore the beautiful and ugly as they please.” Freeman DysonFrom Eros to Gaia, 1992 American Chemical Society

6. “A failure of science to produce benefits for the poor in recent decades is due to two factors working in combination: the pure scientists have become more detached from the mundane needs of humanity, and the applied scientists have become more attached to immediate profitability.” Freeman DysonImagined Worlds, 1997 American Chemical Society

7. What differentiates our society now from all previous societies? American Chemical Society 7

8. Science American Chemical Society 8

9. New Discoveries Enlightenment Societal Progress Societal Problems American Chemical Society 9

10. Grand Challenges to Society and to Scientists • Help sustain Earth and its people in the face of: • Population growth • Finite resources • Malnutrition • Spreading disease • Deadly violence • War • Climate change • Denial of basic human rights, especially the right to benefit from scientific and technological progress. • SCIENCE AND SOCIETY HAVE WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT ENABLES GREAT INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS BUT COMES WITH MUTUAL EXPECTATIONS OF BENEFITING THE HUMAN CONDITION AND PROTECTING OUR PLANET. American Chemical Society

11. Issues and Concerns GlobalizationSustainable DevelopmentPollution Climate ChangeEvolutionGenetically Modified OrganismsSpread and Control of DiseaseDrugs and AlcoholismTobacco American Chemical Society 11

12. Issues and Concerns • Workforce • Science Education Standards • Teachers • Appreciation of Science • Appreciation of Technology • Energy • Human Rights • Quality of Life American Chemical Society 12

13. Science-rich SectorScience-poor Sector American Chemical Society 13

14. ScientificCompetenceScienceLiteracy Scientific Expertise American Chemical Society 14

15. Science Literacyis for Everyone Chemists, Artists, Humanists, All Professionals, The General Public, Youth and Adults Alike American Chemical Society 15

16. CONNECTIVITY American Chemical Society

17. CONNECTIONS American Chemical Society

19. Science is Vital to Democracy American Chemical Society

20. “Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” >> Abraham Lincoln American Chemical Society

21. THE STRONGEST FORCES IN SOCIETY Religion Science American Chemical Society

22. Evolution Climate Change American Chemical Society

23. Good Teachers Are: • Competent in their disciplines • Committed to their disciplines and to the • profession of teaching • Comfortable with the methods and techniques • they use • Compassionate with students (and colleagues) American Chemical Society 23

24. “Teachers owe it to themselves to teach what they love. In so doing, they nourish their students. They owe it to themselves to show their students who they are. To do this, they need to know what they love, and who they are – not a simple task, but surely the anchor without which they’ll drift.” American Chemical Society 24

25. “Teachers owe it to themselves to teach what they love. In so doing, they nourish their students. They owe it to themselves to show their students who they are. To do this, they need to know what they love, and who they are – not a simple task, but surely the anchor without which they’ll drift.” >> Diane Chapman Walsh President of Wellesley College American Chemical Society 25

26. “Great teachers are the ones who weave webs of life-affirming connection for their students. Proficiency with technology, tightly framed learning outcomes, even multicultural awareness are secondary to the passion teachers bring to their subject matter, the compassion, awe, and joy they embody and communicate. Great teaching comes from spirit, not from technique.” >> Diane Chapman Walsh President of Wellesley College American Chemical Society 26

27. “To me, teaching is the ultimate performing art, and all performing arts are interactive. You always have to connect with the people… You don’t just present, you have to connect. And I find it difficult [online]… It’s one thing to give students the illusion that the teacher is really there. What’s much harder is to give the teacher the sense that the students are really there.” >> Jaron Lanier, Computer scientist who coined the term “virtual reality” American Chemical Society 27

28. Clarity of Purpose American Chemical Society 28

29. Problem-Solving Skills Good Judgment American Chemical Society 29

30. Respect TrustConfidence American Chemical Society 30

31. Humane American Chemical Society 31

32. Humane Humanitarian American Chemical Society 32

33. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri 2012 ACS President ACS MISSION: To advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people. ACS VISION:Improving people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry. Initiative 1: ACS and the Sesquicentennial of the Morrill Land Grant Act Initiative 2: Blue-ribbon panel to examine purposes of graduate education in the chemical sciences Initiative 3: Helping the public understand the science of climate change Initiative 4: ACS High School Teacher Fellowships Program American Chemical Society

34. ADVANCING CHEMISTRYCOMMUNICATING CHEMISTRY American Chemical Society

35. Communication • Inform • Educate • Engage • Advocate • Persuade American Chemical Society

37. American Chemical Society Science is Fun and the Joy of Learning Bassam Z. Shakhashiri The George Washington UniversityTeaching & Learning CollaborativeWashington, D.C. March 2, 2012

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