What is Science?
Posted by: Peter Rillero in biology, High School Science, Instructional Leadership, Middle School Science, science education, science instruction, Science Teachers, tags: nature of science, Scientist, The Ohio State University
When I was a doctoral student at Ohio State University, my advisor Stan Helgeson would tell us that the simplest questions were the most difficult to answer. “What is science?” ranks right up there for simplicity and difficulty. This week I had the good fortune to be invited to the “Teachers as Investigators” conference at Northern Arizona University. Todd Wojtowicz, a doctoral student in biology, really got us thinking with his presentation, “What is science?”
Todd agreed to my request to post the PowerPoint in this blog. I think that “What is science?” has many potential answers depending upon your education and experience. It is, however, important for science educators to converse with our science colleagues to understand current views. So without any other introduction, I present Todd’s Presentation: What is science_ Wojtowicz.
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It’s purely antecdotal but it feels like the amount of science literacy has gotten worse in recent years. What can we do to reverse that trend? Should we throw money at it? Give incentives to schools that do well in science? Make the standardized tests harder? More scholarships for science majors? Start a new PR campaign that makes science cool? Have the government appoint someone as a Science Ambassador? What do you think would work best?