Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
New articles out – that mention a range of states! ‘Just think: it’s important’ in the Sydney Morning Herald: …A former physics teacher, Mr. Ellerton introduced the philosophy and critical thinking program to Calamvale after joining a network of Queensland teachers which promotes and spreads the teaching of philosophy in high schools throughout the state. [...]
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I was going to just pop this into the miniblog… but it got me thinking beyond the subject it talks about: teaching evolution in modern times and changes made to the education system in Florida to cater for this. Besides, I have about three hours to kill whilst sitting here at Gatwick airport, and I [...]
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More recently I’ve become intrigued with how well groups who tout ‘support for critical thinking’ actually get around to producing resources, links… and which ones actually have extensive classroom experience in education and training, especially with teens and children. There’s a lot of ‘cheerleading‘ and a lot of great ‘future plans to do x and [...]
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On the news, as I write this, there is a protest. In fact, I’m certain I’ve just seen a teacher I know, waving a banner. Kind of makes me want to wave a banner about something that has bugged me for a while. Here in my state, “…after eight months of negotiations the Government has [...]
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