One Legacy of Paul F. Brandwein Creating Scientists

Once again, our nation has a powerful need for a revolution devoted to creating scientists. As we face the challenges of climate change, global competitiveness, biodiversity loss, energy needs, and dwindling food supplies, we ?nd ourselves in a period where both scienti?c literacy and the pool of next-generation scientists are dwindling. To solve these complex issues and maintain our own national security, we have to rebuild a national ethos based on sound science education for all, from which a new generation of scientists will emerge. The challenge is how to create this transformation. Those shaping national policy today, in 2009, need look no further than what worked a half-century ago. In1957,SputnikcircledandsentaclarioncallforAmericatobecometheworld’s most technologically advanced nation. In 1958, Congress passed the National Defense Education Act, which focused the national will and called for scholars and teachers to successfully educate our youth in science, math, and engineering. It was during this time period that Paul F. Brandwein emerged as a national science e- cation leader to lay the foundation for the changes needed in American education to create the future scientists essential to the nation’s well-being.

Part I Remembering Paul F. Brandwein: Essays. Brandwein Alumni. Turning a Dream (Deftly, Subtly, and Effectively) into Reality, Andrew M. Sessler. How Dr. Paul Brandwein’s Mentorship and Guidance Affected My Scientific Interests and Career, Josephine Baron Raskind von Hippel. How to Win Converts and Influence Students, Richard Lewontin. Paul F. Brandwein’s Influence on My Life: The Essential Spark, James P. Friend. Paul Brandwein’s Influence on My Life, Barbara Wolff Searle. Brief Encounters, Lasting Effects. One Year, Richard Goodman. Research at a Tender Age, Tom Schatzki. Intellectually Exciting Years at Forest Hills High School, Lisa A. Steiner. Encouraging the Uncertain, Herbert L. Strauss. Saturdays at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Walter G. Rosen. Question Everything, Naomi Goldberg Rothstein. One Class Was Enough, Joanne Gallagher Corey. Science Education and Beyond: Colleagues. Paul F. Brandwein—A Personal Reflection, Sigmund Abeles. Paul Brandwein and the National Science Teachers Association, Marily DeWall. Dr. Paul F. Brandwein: Messages on Teaching and Learning for All Educators, E. Jean Gubbins. Some Reflections on Paul F. Brandwein’s Impact on Science Education, Robert W. Howe. Paul F. Brandwein and Conservation Education, Charles E. Roth. Environmental Education and Paul F. Brandwein’s Ekistics, Rudolph J. H. “Rudy” Schafer. Watershed Education for Sustainable Development, William B. Stapp. The Paul F-Brandwein Institute: Continuing a Legacy in Conservation Education, Keith A. Wheeler, John “Jack” Padalino, and Marily DeWall. Part II Paul F. Brandwein in His Own Words—Reprints 1955–1995. The Gifted Student as Future Scientist, Paul F. Brandwein. Science Talent: In an Ecology of Achievement, Paul F. Brandwein. Science Talent in the Young Expressed Within Ecologies of Achievement: Executive Summary, Paul F. Brandwein. Part III The Surveys Remembrances from More than a Half-Century Back: The Surveys, Deborah C.Fort. Part IV Appendixes Appendix A: The Survey. Appendix B: Bibliographies of the Works of Paul F. Brandwein, Deborah C. Fort and Suzanne Lieblich. Index.