'I Do Not Make a Distinction Between Teaching and Research'

摘要

Recife,brazil—Leon Trotsky peers down on visitors to the tiny 3-by-5-meter space that passes for the office of Antonio Carlos Pavao at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) here in northeastern Brazil. The tenured professor of theoretical chemistry finds the concept of permanent revolution espoused by the bearded Bolshevik to be an apt metaphor for his efforts to reform science education. "The revolution does not proceed stage-wise but permanently," he points out. "The same applies to teaching."