There are two articles that you might want to read either before or after you read this post. The first article was in the New York Times and is entitled: Teacher Ratings get a New Look, Pushed by a Rich Watcher. The other...
Read MoreIn the last two posts, the economic and democratic arguments have been discussed, respectively. We now turn to a third argument, the “skills argument.” According to R. Stephen Turner, the “skills...
Read MoreThere are at least two interpretations that emerge when we explore why we teach science from the democratic argument. The first interpretation is that we should be teaching science to help students become informed citizens in...
Read MoreIn yesterday’s blog post, I raised the question: Why do we teach science anyway? Do we teach science to help students become curious and to wonder about the world around them? Do we teach science because...
Read MoreA new generation of science standards was developed several years ago. The Conceptual Framework for New Science Standards was developed by a committee selected by the National Research Council, with funding from the Carnegie...
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