I’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....
Read MoreWe are experiencing one of the most stressful economic downturns since the Great Depression. To deal with this calamity the Federal Government has initiated a bailout of the banking system in hopes of staving off a collapse of...
Read MoreWe are experiencing one of the most stressful economic downturns since the Great Depression. To deal with this calamity the Federal Government has initiated a bailout of the banking system in hopes of staving off a collapse of...
Read MoreI have been writing about change recently, and how change is needed in the science curriculum, and the pedagogy that we use to help students learn science. Indeed, I’ve suggested we suspend high-risk testing until we can...
Read MoreIn a recent edweek.org newsletter there was a No Child Left Behind Alert that I found interesting, and provided the starting point for this post. The forum discussion (a question is posed, and you can submit a response joining...
Read MoreIn earlier posts on this Weblog, I introduced readers to ScienceDebate2008, a citizen effort to engage the US presidential candidates in a real debate on science, technology and society. The debates never happened, but each...
Read MoreCarl Rogers wrote a book many years ago entitled Freedom to Learn. One of the most significant chapters in his book was “My way of facilitating a class.” I read this chapter many times, and it had a profound...
Read MoreCarl Rogers wrote a book many years ago entitled Freedom to Learn. One of the most significant chapters in his book was “My way of facilitating a class.” I read this chapter many times, and it had a profound...
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