Recommended Resources
The Dumbing Down of America
Links to websites containing further info (web sites, statistics and
surveys, etc.) related to the spread of anti-intellectualism in America.
Recommended Links
National Science Foundation
Science
and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding
Kaiser Family Foundation 2003
Kids' TV: computer
habits start early
The influence of media on kids (Statistics)
National Geographic - Roper Hall Survey
- Public Sampling Reveals Geographic
Illiteracy
- 2006
Survey Results
- Young Americans Still Lack Basic Global Knowledge
We're a Nation of Dunces (ePinion)
http://oldsarges.blogspot.com/2008/02/dumbing-of-america.html
http://warincontext.org/2008/02/17/opinion-review-a-nation-of-dunces/
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
A facinating and extremely
well-written article on the possbilties that
the enormous amount of small bytes of information we process
now each day are rewiring our brains.
Do Your Own (DIY) Research
Keywords for Search Engines
Copy a paste any of the texts provided below into a search engine and
review the results...
- 2002 National Endowment for the Arts Survey"
- "Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life" + "August
30, 2005"
- National Geographic - Roper Hall Survey
- The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby
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Counterpoint
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