On January 20, a new era in science education begins at noon in Washington, DC. I say this because newness in thinking has been brought to the Nation’s capital and is signaled by the inauguation of President Barach Obama....
Read MoreExperiential education is not a new idea, and it certainly is not a new construct for science teachers, especially those teachers that involve their students in inquiry and problem-based learning. However, experiential...
Read MoreI received an email from ScienceDebate2008 asking to complete a survey designed by the National Academies to find out what matters most to interested participants. At the site you will read this statement: The National...
Read MoreHappy New Year! Yesterday I introduced readers of this Weblog to Bob Peterson, a teacher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who organized a team of educators to develop the website: Social Studies Resources. Bob Peterson is a veteran...
Read MoreThe purpose of this post is to introduced to you to an important new website that I think is very relevant to science educators. It is the Social Studies Resources Website. I became aware of the Social Studies Resources website...
Read MoreIn the next four to eight years, education will face issues that will provide opportunities for really changing the way we think about teaching and learning. It will require, however, that educators and the public use research...
Read MoreWith the inauguration of President-Elect Obama less than 30 days away, and with his selection of Arne Duncan, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, as the Secretary of Education, there has been discussion in the press, on blogs,...
Read MoreI’ve returned to from a bit of hiatus and want to start with a discussion of how science might fare in the next Congress, and in the White House. A year and half ago I wrote a post entitled Meeting of the Minds on Global...
Read MoreThe theme that I’ve been writing about is change, alternative paradigms for learning, and how change needs to happen in our schools and schooling. There is a good chance that I won’t be making posts over the next few...
Read MoreGeorgia Bracey, from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, commented with an important question regarding the existence of schools that might be based on the humanistic paradigm (Paradigm 2) outlined in the previous post....
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