tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post1560010220694048231..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Biology mattersdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-918073163779073632013-07-02T19:39:46.495-04:002013-07-02T19:39:46.495-04:00Dear cope,
Took me awhile to learn this, too. I n...Dear cope,<br /><br />Took me awhile to learn this, too. I need to learn the Brahe stories, and I need to get my hands on that book.<br /><br />One of the best things about blogging is learning from folks who respond.<br /><br />Thanks!doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-16321648391029938052013-07-02T19:26:30.850-04:002013-07-02T19:26:30.850-04:00I am in love with your commitment to telling stori...I am in love with your commitment to telling stories. I feel that my own teaching improved considerably when I finally (after 10...15?) years started to fold stories into my lessons. Be they stories of my own experiences or, say, the story of Kepler and Brahe, that really is what the kids will pay attention to. The more dramatic the story elements (Brahe's pet deer/moose getting drunk and falling down the stairs, his gold and silver prosthetic noses, etc.), the more likely they are to pay attention.<br /><br />Joe Romm, whose most recent book, "Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln and Lady Gaga" makes the point that effective communication depends on such elements as rhetoric and metaphor to successfully tell a story. I've only read excerpts so far (I'm lobbying my library to purchase it) but it presents historical examples of effective communication in exactly the same theme as you are actually doing it.<br /><br />Cheers.copehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470278603925838339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-10358917565410227752013-07-02T18:24:15.498-04:002013-07-02T18:24:15.498-04:00Dear Justin,
I hope so--I'm pretty relentless...Dear Justin,<br /><br />I hope so--I'm pretty relentless, what we do is important.<br /><br />And it all gets down to stories (which you already know).doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-8629693337583640662013-07-01T20:07:33.339-04:002013-07-01T20:07:33.339-04:00I hope you'll keep trying. I think I would hav...I hope you'll keep trying. I think I would have loved your biology class.<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/newfirewithin" rel="nofollow">- @newfirewithin</a>Justin Stortzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567054196972469484noreply@blogger.com