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Tomorrow I will take part in the Equinox Summit – learning 2030: http://wgsi.org/equinox-summit/equinox-summit-learning-2030 It will take place on UBC Campus at the Faculty of Education. I am honoured, I was invited to be one of the panelists. In preparation I have read about this initiative and found it interesting. It also resonated with the Next Generation […]
I am honoured to be invited to present an invited talk at Korean Association of Science Education National Conference that will take place at Daegu University in February of this year. As I am preparing and practicing my talk Using Educational Technologies to Promote Inquiry Improved Feb 2014 (thanks to my friends from the Toastmasters Club […]
Today I happened to attend a presentation by Garry Hoban – a professor of science education from the University of Wollongong in Australia. In his presentation organized by the Centre of Teaching and Learning and Technology at UBC (CTLT) Garry discussed how he uses Slowmation with his pre-service primary teachers. I discussed this project to some […]
Early January is always the perfect time for New Year’s resolutions: we all want to be better in a new year – to eat better, to have better health, to exercise more consistently, to have more time for friends and family. I think the New Year resolution fever is not going to avoid science educators […]
I am very proud to say that I am a member of the Organizing Committee of the STEM 2014 Conference that will be hosted by our Department this Summer. While you can read the information about the conference from its web site, I want to share that we, as organizers, are working very hard to […]
These are very interesting and important results. I especially like the interactivity of the charts. I would recommend you to start with listening to their 3 min YouTube and then go and see their results of play with the data. I especially liked how they analyzed country’s performance by age… What does it mean that […]
A few weeks ago I received feedback from a colleague on the SSHRC grant I was writing. The person who reviewed my grant (and I am grateful for it) asked me why it even matters that Canada produces its own scientists and engineers instead of importing scientists and engineers from abroad. I (who in someways […]
We have very exciting news: 5th International Women in Physics Conference will take place in -August 2014 at Wilfid Laurier University in Canada. We hope you will help us advertise it, so we can invite amazing women in physics to come to Canada, report on their research, share their experiences and try to figure out […]
I would like to wish all teachers, students and parents a wonderful new year. As I am thinking of a year ahead, one of my favourite stories comes to mind “Fish is Fish” by Leo Leoni. I think it is worth watching, as it remind us how important it is for teachers to remember that […]
http://chemicalimbalance.co.uk/project/watch-the-film/ WATCH THE FILM TAKE ACTION → PLEASE HELP US SHARE THE FILM – blog, tweet, embed, email or simply tell your friends about it! We want as many people to see the film as possible! inShare A Chemical Imbalance is a short documentary which celebrates female scientists and looks at why women are still so […]