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Tag Archives: Science education
Doubt and science – the politics of doubting climate change
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/writers/audio/2493432/michael-king-memorial-lecture-on-science-and-doubt Very interesting! Michael King Memorial Lecture: on science and doubt Originally aired on Writers and Readers Festivals, Sunday 17 July 2011 There’s no denying “doubt” is crucial to science and drives it forward, but it also makes science, and … Continue reading
Science is really about ignorance
In a recent TED talk blog, In praise of ignorance (http://blog.ted.com/2013/09/24/in-praise-of-ignorance/), Jessica Gross writes: “Science, we generally are told, is a very well-ordered mechanism for understanding the world, for gaining facts, for gaining data,” biologist Stuart Firestein says in today’s TED talk. “I’d like to … Continue reading
Different ways of questioning
Wellington and Osborne on questioning again… “It is …useful to consider and classify the various types of question used by teachers during classroom dialogue. Some are closed questions having only one acceptable answer, e.g. ‘what is the organ which pumps blood … Continue reading
Reading is an important part of science education
Unfortunately, Wellington and Osborne have found that “…reading is not seen as an [-p.42] important part of science education. Large amounts of time are devoted to so-called ‘practical work’…. Little time, if any, is set aside or planned for reading. … Continue reading
Note taking and school science
I thought this point very interesting: Wellington and Osborne remind us: “School science is still dominated by the transmission of information. Invariably this process requires the student to make extensive notes, either from textbooks or from the words and drawing of … Continue reading
A frame for writing up experiments
Jerry Wellington and Jonathan Osborne (2001) offer the following’frame for writing up experiments’ (p.72): “Aims What is the purpose? Why are we doing this? What are we hoping to show? Do we have a hypothesis in advance? Methods What is the … Continue reading
Changes – Dale Tunnicliffe
Again, with Dale Tunnicliffe and early science… she points out: “Things in our world change. The amount of light we have changes, from a lot during the day when the sun shines, to there being hardly any at night, when … Continue reading
Shape and Structure – Dale Tunnicliffe
Still working with Dale Tunnicliffe’s Talking and Doing Science in the Early Years: A practical guide for ages 2-7. … According to her: “All things have a shape, sometimes as a result of the material from which they are made. Shapes … Continue reading
Posted in Science education, Understanding numeracy
Tagged early childhood, early childhood education, Early learning, Early Years Education, mathematics and education, Numeracy, Science education, science in early childhood, science teaching, scientific literacy, shape, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
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