I'm in the process of reworking my blog reading, and one area I'd like to expand is science education policy beyond the creation/evolution fight. I'm finding fairly slim pickings, alas. If you've got a favorite source of information (blog or non-blog) on science education policy, please leave your suggestion in the comments. It doesn't have to be a blog. Journals, newsletters, etc. are all welcome. I'm trying to cast a wide net.
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As you may have noticed, my posting frequency has been a bit light as of late between work, family, and other non-blog responsibilities. So, I'm going to take a bit of a hiatus to recharge the old batteries - maybe a week or ten days.
My radio silence is the result of a perfect storm--reporting trips, upcoming holidays, and the minor matter
Ha! We broke the ice and now others are following our example.
Check out The Impact of Science Blogging Survey. Below the fold is an explanation:
I just started this blog not yet ready to go public at http://educateparents.blogspot.com/ you are welcome to it but
it will not be of much use to you now. I am working hard at it though.
Being from Europe, I have little understanding of fundamentalism: it hardly exists there.
Love your blog, I am feeding on it!
You're still in the San Francisco area, right?
I would check out the UC Berkeley Education-Psychology Library (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EDP/). I was wandering in there for a bit a couple of weeks ago, when I was early for a class, and they had several journals devoted to research in science education that looked interesting. I think it's open to the public -- they didn't ask me for my ID.
math: 2 good books
Nunes T, Schliemann A, and Carraher D (1993) Street Mathematics and School Mathematics, Cambridge UP
Lave J (1988) Cognition in Practice: Mind, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life, Cambridge UP