Ten Great Ideas: Introduction
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction. |
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| We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness... Philosopher Alain de Botton (@alaindebotton) |
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Father Guido Sarducci's Five Minute University |
Link | YouTube 5 mins. Funny cos it's true. |
| MIT graduates struggle to connect a lightbulb in a circuit | link | So what do we bother teaching it to folk who're never going to use it? YouTube. 2 mins. |
| Quick introduction | From an old blog post | |
| Success at School vs. Success in Life | link | "[Schools] suggest that the most important things are already known; that what is is all that could be." From thebookoflife.org |
| Why a student teacher quit | "I just didn't care whether the children knew most of the material we were teaching." So here's my chance to change that. From huffingtonpost |
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| Principles and big ideas of science education | Item 1: "Develop and sustain learners’curiosity about the world, enjoyment of scientific activity and understanding of how natural phenomena can be explained." |
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