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Episode 250: Make America Competent Again

Episode 250: Make America Competent Again

Update: 2025-06-23
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This week we talk about the idea of what it means to be a competent outsider to science and how we prepare students to be one of those people.



Feinstein, N. (2011). Salvaging science literacy. Science Education, 95(1), 168–185. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20414



Things that bring us joy this week:

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

The Phoenician Scheme by Wes Anderson



Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind

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Episode 250: Make America Competent Again

Episode 250: Make America Competent Again

Scott McDonald and Ollie Dreon