Lori Kobelan emailed me linking me to Education Hall of Fame: 10 Teachers who made history. Throughout our experience as a student, we all had at least one “hall of fame” teacher, a teacher that inspired us, believed...
Read MoreAn email from a high school student resulted in my taking a final examination about science education. A student from a high school in Long Island wrote and asked if I would be willing to be interviewed for a book the student...
Read MoreDo you have your plans worked out for the first days of the courses you will teach beginning this month or in September? Here are three ideas you might consider, especially if you want to begin the year engaging your students...
Read MoreDo you have your plans worked out for the first days of the courses you will teach beginning this month or in September? Here are three ideas you might consider, especially if you want to begin the year engaging your students...
Read MoreWeb 2.0 refers to using the Web in a more interactive, and social way where students can create, share, publish and work together in collaborative groups. Over the years, science teachers have created a variety of Web 2.0...
Read MoreResearch in science education is a significant force in impacting the practice of science. Science educators (researchers and teachers) around the world have created a strong community of practice that contributes to our...
Read MoreCan science as inquiry continue to be a primary goal of science teaching in the burgeoning culture of creating common standards, and common high-stakes assessments? This is a question that I raised about a year and half ago. I...
Read MoreAccording to the committee that drafted and wrote the final edition of the Framework for K-12 Science Education, American science education needs a complete overhaul, currently lacks vision, and does not prepare students for a...
Read MoreThe standards devote insufficient attention to the need for an interdisciplinary curriculum, and represent a contracted view of the “common core” that disregards the role of schools in preparing students for citizenship. ...
Read MoreWhy is there little criticism of the Framework for K-12 Science Education that was released by the National Academy of Science (NAS) on Tuesday? The organizing committee of the NAS worked for more than a year to develop a new...
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