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Friday, November 20th, 2015
I think every science educator should watch this movie. I cannot imagine a better reason to study or to teach science than to enjoy figuring things out. I could not have said it better than a very famous physicist – Richard Feynman.
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Thursday, November 19th, 2015
As I have been preparing for my Saturday Mathematics for Parents and Children Workshop, I started thinking again about why it is so important to engage adults and children in meaningful mathematics and science studies. Do we do it to have more scientists and engineers? Do we do it to have a scientifically literate population? Do […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
To find more about it click here: http://news.ubc.ca/2015/10/21/math-phobias-fighting-the-fear/
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
We have had a very successful Fifth Math and Science Family Day on October 18, 2015. We had 300+ guests and more than 80 volunteers including faculty members, staff, many teacher-candidates, as well as graduate and undergraduate students from the Faculties of Education, Science, Applied Science, Let Us Talk Science, as well as volunteers outside […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2015
I realize that my mother would not be proud of me making a post about my own award. Yet, I decided to do it because AAPT is such a big part of my life – both personal and professional that I am very honoured by this award. As I work with future physics teachers I […]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
As we are beginning this new academic year, I am thinking of the former Teacher-Candidates and now newly minted science and mathematics teachers who will be entering their classrooms as part-time or full-time teachers for the first year this fall. While I have been teaching for a while now (20+ years), I still remember the […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2015
Once again I have been teaching a graduate summer course for the UBC Master of Education Technology Program. While teaching an online course all summer long is a challenge, teaching this course is always very inspirational. ETEC533 is titled: Technology in mathematics and science classroom. I always learn a lot from this course as the […]
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Monday, June 1st, 2015
As I am reflecting on my experience of working with Chinese mathematics and science teachers, my students (in a graduate course on mathematics and science education I am currently teaching) pointed out to me that I missed a CBC radio discussion on the Cross Country Check up that focuses exactly on this problem. I am […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2015
This is a very special certificate for me. I am so glad I decided to take on this challenge. I have learned so much from these teachers and I am looking forward to more interactions with our Chinese colleagues.
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Thursday, May 28th, 2015
We have had a very exciting day playing with Vernier equipment last Wednesday. We have done 7 experiments with motion detectors, force probes, CO2 sensors, temperature probes, pH sensors, etc. It was very exciting to see the level of engagement of the teachers. During the first hour I introduced them to data collection with Vernier […]
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