Computer Backlash? How about a classroom revolution!
Four nearly 20 years, my colleagues and I were involved in using technology to enhance teaching...
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The 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 MoreIntelligent Design Goes to Court
A group of parents in the Dover, PA school district have taken the school board to court to challenge the board’s decision that requires high school biology teachers to read a four-paragraph statement that notes that...
Read MoreTeaching Evolution in Church
Several weeks ago, I read an article in the Washington Post, entitled Darwin goes to Church, written by Henry G. Brinton, pastor of Fairfax Presbyterian Church. In the adult Sunday school classes, David Bush, a member of the...
Read MoreScience for the Environment
Several years ago, I was a reader on a doctoral dissertation at La Trobe University, in Melbourne. The focus of the study was an examination of the history of environmental education over the past 30-40 years. In an analysis of...
Read MoreRita and Katrina, Linking Natural Disasters, People and Science
The two hurricanes, Rita and Katrina, that have impacted millions of people directly, and the rest of the US population indirectly, as well as many people around the world, bring home the importance of making science education...
Read MoreHurricane Katrina: A Citizen Resource
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina was beyond belief, and might be the worst natural disaster in US history. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and other severe storms have impacted...
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