The Benefits Of Multi Disciplinary Collaboration

So long as teachers hide the imperfect processes of their thinking, allowing their students to glimpse only the polished products, students will remain convinced that only Einstein – or a professor – could think up a theory. The problem is especially acute with respect to science. Science is usually taught by males and is regarded as the quintessentially masculine intellectual activity. And science is taught – or, at least, it is heard by students in most introductory courses – as a series of sibylline statements. The professor is not indulging in conjecture; he is telling the truth. (1997, p. 217).