tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post335925078562414672..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: A paradigm shift: "How do you know?"doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-37107718213770937732014-01-20T12:49:56.329-05:002014-01-20T12:49:56.329-05:00Dear Jenny,
Cool beans!!! Don;t know how that got...Dear Jenny,<br /><br />Cool beans!!! Don;t know how that got by me!doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-59046606515149003962014-01-19T19:39:42.915-05:002014-01-19T19:39:42.915-05:00How do you know? is my favorite question. When I&#...How do you know? is my favorite question. When I'm doing well I ask it of myself about the choices I make in my teaching and my parenting. When I'm doing well...<br /><br />(Did you see the short piece I wrote for ASCD about this exact question? http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/dec13/vol55/num12/Making-a-Habit-of-%C2%A3How-Do-You-Know%C2%A2%C2%A3.aspx)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-19075834633574227992014-01-19T18:15:28.039-05:002014-01-19T18:15:28.039-05:00Dear Susan,
Your point resonates--any decent scie...Dear Susan,<br /><br />Your point resonates--any decent science teacher stresses words and writing and numbers.<br /><br />What better medium to use than the natural world around us?doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-79821338958319219322014-01-19T18:13:15.186-05:002014-01-19T18:13:15.186-05:00Dear Michael,
You can make lemonade out of lemons...Dear Michael,<br /><br />You can make lemonade out of lemons but science is now being used as a vehicle to cover the CC standards that focus on reading and writing informational text.<br /><br />I think it's a game. The game would change if the bio state test carried weight. It doesn't matter at all. And so the school wants you to focus on improving reading/writing through science.<br /><br />Any good science teacher has always stressed reading and writing, anyways.Susan Eckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159073219086902316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-35355396316131485702014-01-19T17:33:38.818-05:002014-01-19T17:33:38.818-05:00Dear Susan,
That would be one way to take it. I&#...Dear Susan,<br /><br />That would be one way to take it. I'm going to approach this differently, though.<br /><br />I am going to use this as an opportunity to focus on the nature of science using language and math. In the midst of disruption, good things can happen.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-88441996275626316272014-01-19T15:52:54.693-05:002014-01-19T15:52:54.693-05:00In other words, focus your efforts in your science...In other words, focus your efforts in your science classroom to improve your school's scores on a standardized high-stakes exam that does not test science.Susan Eckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159073219086902316noreply@blogger.com