In the shadow of Sputnik: a transnational approach to Menzies support for science education in Australia, 1957–1964

Abstract

This paper examines prime minister Robert Menzies decision to support science education in Australian schools in 1963. This was a landmark shift in policy for the federal government, but in many ways mirrors the decision of Eisenhower who brought down the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958. The paper uses a transnational approach to offer a new way of looking at the 1963 decision by focusing on the need for science education and the environment which supported science advocacy rather than the traditional interpretation of political expediency to court the Catholic vote.     

历史研究不能臆测杜撰

孟席斯《1421:中国发现世界》一书,试图颠覆国内外学术界已成定论的研究成果,并将国人郑和及其部属推向历史创造者的地位,但由于缺乏坚实的史料依据,大多是作者自己的主观推测;同时该书在论证逻辑方面也错误百出,混乱不堪,其结论完全经不起推敲。