Open Letter to President Obama
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Category: Physics Education
The Finland Phenomenon: What can Canada learn from it?
I am teaching a very interesting graduate course this term. In one of the meetings, my students suggested us to replace the readings I recommended them by the recent report by OECD: Top of the Class: High Performers in Science… Read moreThe Finland Phenomenon: What can Canada learn from it?
BCAPT Fall 2012 Meeting at TRIUMF
I had a great opportunity to attend the BCAPT Fall 2012 Meeting together with more than 60 other physics teachers from all over BC. I just wanted to tell you how much impressed I was by the presentation of Dr…. Read moreBCAPT Fall 2012 Meeting at TRIUMF
Taking My Students to a Physics Teaching Conference
On Saturday, October 13th, five of my students and I drove to Bellingham, Washington to attend a Washington Section AAPT Conference. I have posted my feedback about the conference here. It was a very special event and I felt that… Read moreTaking My Students to a Physics Teaching Conference
Why Do I Like Physics Teaching?
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Publish or Perish: The State of Academic Publishing in Science Education
As I am going through my tenure and promotion process, I have a chance to think of the value of my own publications and my own contributions to the field of science education. What is the impact of my own… Read morePublish or Perish: The State of Academic Publishing in Science Education
Family Math and Science Fair 2012
Once again my colleagues, students and I are thinking of our Family Math and Science Day at the Faculty of Education. This year it will take place on October 27th. I am happy to know it is becoming a tradition…… Read moreFamily Math and Science Fair 2012
Rethinking Conceptual Change Theories
This term I am very fortunate to be able to teach a graduate course on the Research in Science Education (EDCP 559 at UBC). This course makes me think and rethink many of the concepts I thought I have understood… Read moreRethinking Conceptual Change Theories
Science Education Review
As a science education researcher and a science teacher who teaches future teachers and often visits schools, I often feel that there is a large gap between what we know about how students learn science and how we teach it…. Read moreScience Education Review