evidence-based teaching
I had some strange notions when I made the jump from working at the lab bench to  teaching at the white board.  I thought good teaching meant interesting lectures.  And I was completely unaware that people actually conducted research in science education.  If I had been asked about education research, I would have replied that it was largely anecdotal, probably limited to sociologists and primary grades, and as far as I was concerned,  useless. 
 And, honestly, to me it was useless.
I never saw any of science education articles or journals. No other instructors every discussed them and…
