I’ll be starting a position in STEM Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, beginning this August. As part of this position, I’ll teach science teaching methods (and science and STEM education research-related) courses. Hearing about the course I’ll teach this fall gave me an impetus to begin bto prepare and to read some resources …
The recent rollout of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) has paved the way for revised K-12 curricula, the redesign of course sequences, and the piloting of assessments tied to more challenging academic goals. While the notion of using standards to cohere elements of the science-learning infrastructure together seems promising, the document cannot fix the …
The Ivory Tower is not my friend. We will not sit idle and look down at the masses while society goes to hell. Science is to be shared, and that’s why we do it. There is no such thing as “their terms”. We bring our terms to the table always, and this is how we …
Figure 1. “We are a way for the universe to know itself” – Carl Sagan Science is one of the most powerful ways to engage with the beauty of the universe. We use science to understand the cosmos and, in the process, find beauty in our understandings and representations of it. • • • iWonder: Rediscovering School …
With Christina Schwarz, I presented on an examination of students’ epistemic considerations with an automated approach at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference. Slides from the presentation are available here (PDF). Tweet