Galileo's Mistake
Galileo’s Mistake. That title of a book caught my attention. I have always been interested in Galileo’s life and the contributions that he made to science, thus, the title was intriguing. Written by Wade Rowland,...
Read MoreKansas Science Standards Under Scrutiny
The Kansas Board of Education is publishing its new Science Standards, but two leading science organizations, The National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association have denied the Board use of any of its...
Read MoreThe Natural Selector and The Intelligent Designer: A Continuing Debate
A great dialog is going on right now in the midst of the Dover, PA school district’s defense of insisting that teachers read a statement in biology classes that upgrades Intelligent Design to the level of Darwin’s...
Read MoreWeekend Reading on the Evolution/Creationism/Intelligent Design Issue!
This blog has devoted considerable space to the cultural war that is raging primarily in school districts across the country. The issue is whether creation science, presently disquised as “intelligent design” should...
Read MoreEvolution is a Theory, Not a Fact?…Dover, PA
Even People Magazine is reporting on the controversy taking place in the Dover, PA school district where 11 Dover parents have sued the district to have the reading of this statement stopped: “Darwin’s theory of...
Read More
Computer Backlash? How about a classroom revolution!
Four nearly 20 years, my colleagues and I were involved in using technology to enhance teaching...
Read MoreThe Law of Evolution
I just purchased a new book by James Watson, Nobel Prize Laureate and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Its title is Darwin, The Indelible Stamp: The Evolution of an Idea. Watson includes in this one volume, four of the...
Read MoreTeaching Globally: Teaching in Another Culture
Charles Hutchison’s new book, Teaching in America leads me to think about the experiences we’ve had in exchange programs for students and teachers. In the 1990s, many of us were involved with a number of countries,...
Read MoreTeaching in America: A Cross-Cultural Guide for International Teachers
Dr. Charles Hutchison, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has published a new book entitled Teaching in America, A Cross-Cultural Guide for International Teachers and Their Employers (Springer Publishers, The...
Read MoreConvoys of Power Company Trucks
For the past two days, we’ve been driving along I-20 through Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana, and into Texas. Along the way, we passed several convoys of power company trucks from New Jersey and North Carolina on their way...
Read More
Recent Posts
Science as Inquiry Website
The Center for Global Thinking Website
Free Online Text
