I am a science educator at Oregon State University interested in teachers’ understanding of authentic scientific practice and the enactment of these understandings in the science classroom. I am also very interested in the use of new technologies and social media in university and k-12 classrooms.
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Bristol University | Graduate School of Education | Erduran chemistry resource
A new resource for chemistry teachers has been produced by Professor Sibel Erduran, Graduate School of Education and Dr Aybuke Pabuccu a Visiting Fellow from Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey.
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In Heartland Institute Leak, a Plan to Discredit Climate Teaching
Disclosed files from the nonprofit Heartland Institute outline a plan to undermine the teaching of global warming in public schools, and they identify some corporate donors.
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As a follow-up to the Chronicle article with all that feel-good rah-rah about lecturing (e.g. "If the messenger is excited and passionate about what they have to say, it leaves a good impression" – http://chronicle.com/article/A-Tech-Happy-Professor-Reboots/130741/), I would like to remind everybody about the DR. FOX EFFECT – quote from Wikipeda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Fox_effect –
The experimenters created a meaningless lecture on 'Mathematical Game Theory as Applied to Physician Education,' and coached the actor to deliver it 'with an excessive use of double talk, neologisms, non sequiturs, and contradictory statements.' At the same time, the researchers encouraged the actor to adopt a lively demeanor, convey warmth toward his audience, and intersperse his nonsensical comments with humor. … The actor fooled not just one, but three separate audiences of professional and graduate students. Despite the emptiness of his lecture, fifty-five psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, graduate students, and other professionals produced evaluations of Dr. Fox that were overwhelmingly positive. … The disturbing feature of the Dr. Fox study, as the experimenters noted, is that Fox’s nonverbal behaviors so completely masked a meaningless, jargon-filled, and confused presentation.
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Noam Chomsky – The Purpose of Education – Learning Without Frontiers on Blip
Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment and the value of standardised assessment. Presented at the Learn…
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Exciting to see digital database of tens of thousands of Charles Darwin papers coming online: http://darwin.amnh.org/ Would love to see more institutions do this with their collections (e.g., Rockefeller U. and Rene Dubos).
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Darwin Manuscripts Project
On this site you will find the manuscripts that record Charles Darwin's work as a practicing scientist. Whether you are a student or a researcher, our goal is to offer you digital access to the primar…
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This one is for all the people who want to "teach both theories".
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This one is for all the people who want to "teach both theories".
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It would make bedtime far more interesting. Thanks +Matthew Campbell.
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Worth checking out.
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Crowdsourced science, citizen science, whatever you want to call it, meets gamification. Understanding how proteins fold is essential to research into cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimers. "Foldit is a revolutionary new computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. This page describes the science behind Foldit and how your playing can help."
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The Science Behind Foldit | Foldit
What is a protein? Proteins are the workhorses in every cell of every living thing. Your body is made up of trillions of cells, of all different kinds: muscle cells, brain cells, blood cells, and more…
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