tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post3750981735854894407..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Why I teach (again and again)doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-80144078809730447312012-04-24T05:43:15.942-04:002012-04-24T05:43:15.942-04:00Dear Brazen, Sherrie Lynn, and Malcolm,
Thank you...Dear Brazen, Sherrie Lynn, and Malcolm,<br /><br />Thank you all for the kind words.<br /><br />Brazen: if we're going to abandon fear as a way of teaching (no because it doesn't work--it does, for many--but because it diminises us), wonder is the only way to get children todo the work needed to change synapses. <br /><br />Many of my students now turn wonder off during the school day, and that's very sad. Many adults in our country have turned it off completely--and that's sadder.<br /><br />Sherrie Lynn: and you also laugh at us easterners when we try to pronounce geoduck!<br /><br />Malcolm: science is science, eh? And science folks, like artists, are thieves.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-23083997306078443222012-04-24T02:03:58.890-04:002012-04-24T02:03:58.890-04:00hi dr. doyle,
I keep reading your blog to see wha...hi dr. doyle,<br /><br />I keep reading your blog to see what things you are quoting from me: <br />"Science is made up of stories that help explain how the universe is put together. The stories are based, as they must be, on how we perceive what surrounds us, and because our perceptions are limited, so must be our stories. Science can never explain everything, nor is it meant to do so. The deeper our perceptions, the deeper the mystery."<br /><br />i think i said that once. i also like to paraphrase a semester long discussion on 'how do we know that?' questions...my answer is: "scientists can be REALLY smrt"<br /><br />I do so enjoy your rambling notions.<br /><br />malcolmhOMESCHOOLING 2020 COVID-19https://www.blogger.com/profile/07217586685244005591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-15082849647501225422012-04-23T12:13:38.311-04:002012-04-23T12:13:38.311-04:00Very nice! On a more prosaic note about clamming: ...Very nice! On a more prosaic note about clamming: a friend of mine was in the Coast Guard. He was born in Massachusetts and when he was first assigned to the Oregon Coast some coworkers invited him to go clamming. They laughed at him when he showed up with a rake because you need a shovel to wrest razor clams from the ocean shore.Sherrie Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02252760828781482263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-36587808099729748352012-04-23T11:45:55.461-04:002012-04-23T11:45:55.461-04:00Two days ago I pored over a study about using aest...Two days ago I pored over a study about using aesthetics for teaching Science to ten year olds. They compared conceptual education models to an aesthetic one... the former focused teacher energy on information transmission, the latter on creating a sense of wonder and anticipation in students. Specifically, students were instructed to write, illustrate and share a story they imagined about the life of volcano rocks. As I was reading about how an underperforming child named Leo out performed the most gifted student in the study through his imaginative inquiry... I thought of you. This is why I like Doyle... this is the type of thing he does. Story. Wonder. Anticipation :)This Brazen Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924652859389870978noreply@blogger.com