I’ve been a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson for a long time. He’s even my friend on the facebook1.
Today, however, he earns a new level of respect plus several thousand cool points. Thanks to a post over on Stop Trying to Inspire Me, I found an interview he did with Linda Holmes for NPR where [...]
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I’ve just completed my Master’s Proposal1. While the process wasn’t exactly enjoyable, I did enjoy being required to sit down and think through a pretty major student-centered unit from beginning to end. My hope in designing this unit was to hopefully narrow the divide between how a scientist does science and how we teach students science. I haven’t had nearly as much time to think or write about my Master’s Project as I’d like. However, a couple quick links to people who seem to be thinking along similar lines: As mentioned in previous posts, I’ve been spending a lot of time reading research and thinking about my Master’s Project. I’m working on a self-directed learning1 unit in which students choose their own specific topics of study within a broad category (i.e. climate change) and follow their interests and passions while documenting and publishing their [...] Part of my Master’s project involves creating a project/problem based learning (PBL) environment for my 9th grade science classroom. I’m getting to the point where I need to start nailing down some specifics, so I’m going to lay down what I’m thinking here (publish-then-filter, right?). Your comments and critiques are welcome. Though delayed by a trip back to Michigan, an excellent week at the Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Institute1, and now a week in Chicago while my wife attends a conference for work, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my Masters project. Today, sitting in a coffee house on Michigan Ave., I started [...] |
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