— the Electromagnetic Education Initiative —
EEI PHASES: 1. EM website > 2. EM literacy > 3. EM studies > 4. EM institute
DETAILS— About EEI — EEI Overview — EEI Participants — EEI Open-Grant
(visit the electromagnetic internetwork website)
| The public pursuit of electromagnetic knowledge has yet to find a 'home' in models of incremental achievement. This necessitates a plan for designing and building a place, online and offline, for electromagnetic ideas that- because they are unique, innovative, and challenge the reigning discourses of the day- often result in paradigmatic quagmires, where failures become entrepreneurial milestones.
To locate the conceptual field and its parameters of this educational work is somewhere between the reinterpretation and establishment of a general awareness of electromagnetism, spanning art, science, and technology with reasoning intended for lay people and experts alike. By inverting the traditional organization of expert knowledge to focus on the content instead of isolated disciplines, the strategic cultivation of a new common knowledge of electromagnetism is made possible. Questions are thus freed from the limits imposed by preordained and outdated empirical models. And the focus can become the creative research and development of content, which is itself more substantial than any single medium, form, or specialist discipline. Generalist knowledge of electromagnetism, when organized around ideas rather than institutional structures, in turn enables novel opportunities for integrating new and old explorations with interdisciplinary understanding. |
Forging this path of inquiry into the general significance of electromagnetism has brought with it a relentless struggle with the traditional paradigm. Still this vital public pursuit has survived against all odds, enduring formidable obstacles. It is therefore critical that this work remains in the public interest for reasons of balance, vitality, and to protect and support the free and open questioning of electromagnetic phenomena. It is with greatest hope that an innovative group of 'social venture capitalists' will embrace this opportunity and help fund the Electromagnetic Education Initiative proposed in this Open-Grant. The reward for the grantors who take this risk will be recognized in establishing value in the cultural understanding of electromagnetism in our everyday lives and our societies, through educational research and development. |