Showing posts with label Science Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Education. Show all posts

The Purpose of Education

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My friends and I were talking about the purpose of education over dinner on Saturday night. This video criticizes one side of the issue; nam...

What Is Critical Thinking?

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We all use the term "critical thinking to describe one of the primary goals of education. What do we mean by "critical thinking...

Science Journal Publishes More Gobbledygook

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I don't know what's happening at Science these days. It got caught up in the arsenic affair last year and it recently made a fool o...

Understanding Evolution in New England Colleges and Universities

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The March issue of Evolution: Education & Outreach contains an interesting article on "Educators of Prospective Teachers Hesitate ...

Why Do Students Skip Lectures?

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There's an interesting article on student attendance at lectures in the latest issue of BAMBED ( Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Educ...

Ewan Birney: Genomics' Big Talker

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My copy of Science arrived in the mail last week and I wasn't surprised to see the article by Elizabeth Pennisi on ENCODE Project Write...

Are All IDiots Irony Deficient?

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As I'm sure you can imagine, the Intelligent Design Creationists are delighted with the ENCODE publicity. This is a case where some expe...

Read What Mike White Has to Say About ENCODE and Junk DNA

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One of the good things to come out of this ENCODE/junk DNA fiasco is that I've discovered a number of excellent scientists who aren'...

Washington Post: "‘Junk DNA’ concept debunked by new analysis of human genome"

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The Washington Post is a highly respected newspaper read by millions. It is very influential, especially among politicians in Washington. He...

The Top American Science Questions: 2012

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I'm really interested in science education and I'd love to see improvements so that we can begin to create a scientifically literate...

The ENCODE Data Dump and the Responsibility of Scientists

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A few hours ago I criticized science journalists for getting suckered by the hype surrounding the publication of 30 papers from the ENCODE C...

The ENCODE Data Dump and the Responsibility of Science Journalists

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ENCODE ( EN cyclopedia O f D NA E lements) is a massive consortium of scientists dedicated to finding out what's in the human genome. T...

Thinking Critically About Graphs

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Jeff Mahr is trying to teach his students how to think critically so he asked them a question about a graph. Check it out to see if you woul...

Designing a New Biochemistry Curriculum

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I want to draw your attention to an article in the July/August 2012 issue of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (BAMBED). The aut...

The Trouble with TED

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An awful of of people seem to waking up to the idea that TED talks are not what they're supposed to be. They attract a lot of kooks who ...

There Are Many Ways to Improve High School Education: Dumbing It Down Is NOT One of Them

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Have you ever been at a social gathering and heard someone proclaim, somewhat proudly, that they just don't "get" math? They d...

What Do Scientists Know about Ethics?

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Rosie Redfield doesn't like the way genetics is taught in most university courses. She thinks we should re-design genetics courses (Redf...

Winners of the Google Science Technology Fair

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Anna Kuchment was there [ Google Science Fair: Winners tackle breast cancer, hearing loss and water quality ]. Just once, I'd like to se...

Where Are the Best University Teachers?

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Much to my embarrassment, the University of Toronto is promoting online courses [ Online courses for anyone, anywhere ]. These courses seem ...

Stress and Telomere Length—Do You Believe this Study?

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Healthy skepticism is an important part of science. One of the biggest differences between scientists and intelligent design creationists, f...