A Troubled SystemStudents begin the study of algebra. The numbers of those who do not understand are gradually reduced. They struggle at first, and eventually most begin to understand. Or do they? Studies would suggest otherwise. A great amount of research has been done in the past decade in an a...

Education 710.13Science Inquiry in Early Childhood Education Part 2: TEACHER AS REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONERWhat theorist (s) and/or early childhood approach (es) support and/or challenge your ideas about the nurturing of science inquiry in young children? The development of educational environments to...

The ethical codes of science In the last few years, our American colleagues – research workers in differentparticular/ spheres of knowledge – are developing increased activity in ethical aspect. There are various initiatives, which serve as a clear expression of t...

The Evolutionary Philosophy of Chauncey WrightIntroductionIn the recent bestseller, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennett argues that the truly "dangerous" aspect of the Darwinian revolution was not the notion that species evolve: Lamarck, Owen, and Darwin's grandfather Era...

Hearing early in 1609 that a Dutch optician, named Lippershey, had produced an instrument by which the apparent size of remote objects was magnified, Galileo at once realized the principle by which such a result could alone be attained, and, after a single night devoted to consideration of the laws ...

Education 710.13 Scientific Inquiry in Early Childhood EducationFall SemesterCourse Assignments:Part 1: Teacher as TheoristPart 1: Teacher as Theorist*What is your definition of science?Science, as I see it, is a participating, active procedure that can be defined for us by using the science PRO...