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 in us, and showed us the way out of the woods. Here...
Science-as-Inquiry, 2nd Edition has been published by Good Year Books. It is available for purchase here. The text that follows the image of the book is part of the Introduction of the book. Science As Inquiry, 2nd Edition weaves together ideas about science...
This week, the 2nd Edition of Science As Inquiry will be published by Good Year Books. Science as Inquiry is based on the idea that learning is deepened if viewed as a communal experience, and that students are involved in making decisions about not only how they...
Depending upon the language you use the phrase "science teaching," it conjures up different meanings and attitudes in the minds of our youth. In some cultures, science classes do not rate very high among students, although at the same time, they will assure you that...
There are two articles that you might want to read either before or after you read this post. The first article was in the New York Times and is entitled: Teacher Ratings get a New Look, Pushed by a Rich Watcher. The other article is actually a blog post and is...
In the last two posts, the economic and democratic arguments have been discussed, respectively. We now turn to a third argument, the "skills argument." According to R. Stephen Turner, the "skills argument" is second to the economic argument as the reason we teach...
