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 –… Read moreScience education according to Feynman
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… Read moreA Science Educator’s Lament
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… Read more5th Math and Science Family Day
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… Read moreHomer L. Dodge Distinguished Service Citation from AAPT
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…. Read moreNew Academic Year – New Beginnings
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… Read moreEducational Technology Tutorials from ETEC 533-S2015 Course
During the last two days I have had a chance to participate in our local and very special event at the Faculty of Education: TEX Expo 2015. The goal of the event to share technology-related ideas with each other across the… Read moreUBC TEC Expo 2015
This year I attended a Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress in Edmonton. The meeting made me think once again about the importance of science communication. For example, I attended a number of plenaries and invited talks and some of… Read moreCan scientists afford neglecting science communication?
As I am reflecting on the entire story that followed from the Tim Hunt’s sexist comments at the women’s event in Korea, I keep thinking that what has transpired from the event might be very positive. First of all, the… Read moreTim Hunt, sexism and what we can do about it…
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… Read moreIs there something wrong with the way math is being taught?
