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Teacher Power: The One Percent Solution

December 14, 2011

For some time I have been writing about high-stakes testing and the standards-based corporate movement which are creating havoc with our schools. One of the principal writers on the critique of testing and standards has been Anthony Cody, a 24 year veteran teacher in Oakland. For 18 years he was a science teacher, and is a National Board certified teacher, and now leads workshops on Project Based Learning.… Read more

5 Education Reform Posts Not To Ignore

By Jack Hassard

December 5, 2011

Education reform in education seen through the lens of writers and teachers appears as repetitions of innovative ideas that claimed to change and improve schooling as we know it. In a post at Education Week, Anthony Weiner suggests that education reform of any age simply offers more of the same. In particular, he sees education reform over many decades focusing on the same themes: privatization and choice, as well as standards-based testing and accountability.… Read more

9 Compelling Science, Technology & Education Blogs

By Jack Hassard

November 16, 2011

There is a profusion of blogs on the Internet, but some of them stand out because they are not only compelling, but they convey accomplished, artful, intelligent, and powerful content. I’ve selected nine blogs that I read regularly to expand my own thinking about science teaching, technology and education. They represent the range of topics that interest me, and that I find are important.… Read more

Science Teaching 3.0: A New Word Sign for Innovative Teaching

By Jack Hassard

May 14, 2009

In the last post, I introduced the notion that we can look at science teaching, globalization, the Earth, and the World Wide Web using a three-point scale, e.g. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0.

In particular, I introduced the use of the word-sign Science Teaching 3.0 as a way of calling attention to the humanistic science paradigm (click here to read blog entries) that I have emphasized in my own teaching, and in this blog, and is documented in the literature of science education.… Read more