This is a screen shot of an exchange between two scientists on Facebook: The response was: “Hehehehe……….Did they go to the Chemistry Hotel after that? I heard it has great day rates but even better nitrates…….;D” The above interaction between two friends (one who is a doctoral candidate in Science Education and a chemist and … Continue reading
Daily Archives: December 16, 2012
A Humanistic Approach to STEM pt.2
Ultimately, education should nurture a motivation to make our world a better place for all. Aldo Leopold called this innate connection to the natural world a land ethic. E. O. Wilson termed it biophilia. Stephen Jay Gould speaks of it as love, and he writes, “We cannot win this battle to save environments without forging … Continue reading
A Humanistic Approach to STEM pt.1
As a graduate student, I was constantly engaged in scholarly activities but I was never asked to (nor did I ever) define a specific area of scholarship. As a tenure-track faculty for almost six years now, I can say with confidence that my scholarship resides in environmental education, specifically using visual methods to understand how … Continue reading