Science Education & Policy
- Understanding Of Science Nearly Triple Since 1988
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In the somewhat chronic angst over science understanding (more funding, more funding) one thing that gets lost is that it's really only 'fact-based' science, memorization, where American kids are behind those in Asia. That changes over time ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2013 - 4:06pm
- A Member of the "Jaws" Generation Laments the Severely Endangered Great White Shark
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As a member of the "Jaws" generation I have mixed feelings about a story I read this morning detailing the plight of the severely endangered great white shark. Oh I'm not talking about the affect that the extinction of these ancient killers ...
Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Mar 9 2011 - 11:27am
- Myths Of Gifted Education
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Dr. Paynter of the MD Dept of Ed noted that "all students have gifts, but there are some students who are ready, right now, to play varsity." In America, we easily accept that some kids are just more athletic than others, and we support that. I ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Feb 20 2012 - 7:50pm
- A Pattern-oriented Approach to Complexity (PAC): Patterns.
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In the first post I introduced a view on 'complexity thinking' which presupposes a life-world where ambiguity, uncertainty, indeterminacy and other hard to grasp concepts play an important role, both in a creative as in a destructive way. 1. Intr ...
Blog Post - Kees Pieters - Jun 17 2011 - 3:59am
- Patterns, Objectivity And Truth
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If we have done away-like postmodernism- with the notion of absolute truth, and we are living in a life-world where observers with limited knowledge try to 'make sense' of their envirnoment, then we we have certain freedom to define other forms o ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Jun 21 2011 - 3:18am
- Patterns
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Methodological Stuff: 1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: ...
Blog Post - Kees Pieters - Apr 17 2011 - 2:06pm
- Patterns and Processes
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1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes ...
Blog Post - Kees Pieters - Mar 26 2011 - 11:59am
- A Pattern Of Difference
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Methodological Stuff: 1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: 1. A pattern of Difference ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Mar 27 2011 - 11:43am
- In Space No One Can Hear You Teach
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"Sir, if you were to s udde nly appear in space would you be able to talk because you already had air in your lungs?" ...
Article - Daniel Chapman - Apr 13 2011 - 2:13pm
- A Pattern Of Feedback
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Methodological Stuff: 1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Apr 13 2011 - 9:59am
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