If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone ona me

If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on

a mess basis or to find the gifted few and take them as far as they can go, our task would be 【M1】______

fairly simple. The public school system, moreover, has no such choice, for the two jobs 【M2】______

must be carried on at the same time. Because we depend so heavily upon science and

technology for our progress, we must produce specialists in many fields. Because we live 【M3】______

in a democratic nation, whose citizens make the policies for the country, large numbers of 【M4】______

us must be educated to understand, to support, and when necessary, to judge the work of

experts. The public school must educate for both producers and users of scientific ser 【M5】______

vices. In education there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that

attribute to effective thinking and wise judgment. Such balance is defeated by too much 【M6】______

emphasis on any one field. This question of balance involves not only the relation of the

natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts but also relative emphases between the 【M7】______

natural sciences themselves. By contrast, we must have a balance between the current and 【M8】______

classical knowledge. The attention of the public is continuously drawn to new possibilities 【M9】______

in scientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; these should not be allowed to

turn our attention from the sound, established materials that form. the basis of courses for 【M10】______

beginners.

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