Helping students construct their own ideas is considered by some educators a subversive idea that runs counter to the present impetus of the Race to the Top and NCLB Waivers. These Federal programs, especially NCLB, have created a narrowing of the curriculum, a data-driven, test-based school culture, and the despicable use of student tests as the main criterion of teacher accountability.… Read more
Posts Tagged ‘ cooperative learning ’
The Radical Idea of Helping Students Construct Their Own Ideas
March 4, 2012
The Footprints Puzzle as a Pedagogical Tool
November 10, 2010
In recent posts, I’ve discussed the history of the Footprints Puzzle which was prompted by an article (Tracking the Footprints Puzzle) in the Journal Science Education by Ault and Dodick, and explored the relationship between approaching science as a process approach, or as a conceptual or content viewpoint.
In this post I am finishing my examination of the Footprints Puzzle by showing how the it can be used as a powerful pedagogical tool, a tool that has its roots in the origins of modern science.… Read more
Why Cooperative Learning Should Be Natural in Science Teaching
March 18, 2007
One of the major pedagogical strategies used in schools is the didactic approach in which the teacher delivers the content for the students to learn. Yet, didactic strategies have raised more questions than the benefits of this direct teaching model. Instead, over the past 20 years this old model of teaching has been replaced by cognitive theories of teaching and learning, and at the center of these pedagogies is constructivism.… Read more
Science Teaching Research Around the World: Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
March 5, 2007
I recently became acquainted with a relatively “young” journal of research devoted to helping us understand science teaching: The Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (EJSMT). EJSMTE has its headquarters in Turkey. It’s editor, Hüseyin BAG, is professor at Pamukkale Universitesi, TURKEY, and the Associate Editor, Mehmet Fatih TASAR, is professor at Gazi Universitesi, TURKEY.
One can feel the exuberance of the editorial team by reading the Editorial in the most recent issue.… Read more
The Art of Teaching Science is the personal blog of Jack Hassard. I am a writer, a former high school science teacher and Professor Emeritus of Science Education, Georgia State University. The blog reflects my opinions on science education and issues related to educational reform from a progressive science and education philosophy.
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