In 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 you to the discussion) for the day was:...
In 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 candidate (science advisors, I suppose)...
Carl 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 influence on the way that I facilitated my classes at...
Carl 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 influence on the way that I facilitated my classes at...
The focus of the November issue of The Science Teacher is Project-Based Science (PBS), and it includes several articles written by science teachers and researchers. In addition to articles on the theory underlying PBS, there are three articles that focus on specific...
I ask this as a question, rather than making it a declarative statement. But I was prompted to write about this topic based on a lead article in yesterday's USA Today entitled Teachers take test scores to the bank as bonuses. The author described some examples of...
