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When your students expose the gaps in your professional knowledge

I'm a chemistry teacher and a student asked me about Islamic contributions to chemistry and I had to admit I don't know any and now I feel like a fraud.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational authority crumbles when confronted with the inadequacy of one's own institutional preparation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Islamic and Arab contributions to science and technology — historical?”

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