[xmca] an off-topic question

[Tony Whitson <twhitson@UDel.Edu>]

This question doesn't pertain to any current thread, although it does 
pertain to certain institutionalized discourses and activity-systems. 
(It's hard to be completely off-topic with this list!)

I thought of sending it to certain people who I thought might have 
answers, but then I thought it's possible that there would be some wider 
interest.

My question: What's the difference between "kagaku" and "rika," two 
Japanese words that are both translated into English as "science"?
For more elaboration of the question, see
http://curricublog.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/rika-kagaku/

I'd be interested in anything on this -- including how students 
and non-educators and non-scientists understand these terms.

This is relevant as an example bearing on the question of relationships 
between academic disciplines and school subjects. It also has more 
particular relevance to the question of teaching evolution in the public 
schools. I tried to keep the question more naive on the blog so as not to 
influence responses I might get.

Please feel free to respond by leaving a comment on the blog post, or 
responding to me off-list via email, or replying here on xmca if others 
would be interested.

Thanks in advance (I recall that "thanks in advance" was itself a topic 
generating considerable response here once.).

Tony Whitson
UD School of Education
NEWARK  DE  19716

twhitson@udel.edu
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