Pariah Posted July 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 19 hours ago, Bazza said: Paradigms lost Science is not a ‘body of knowledge’ – it’s a dynamic, ongoing reconfiguration of knowledge and must be free to change https://aeon.co/essays/science-needs-the-freedom-to-constantly-change-its-mind Bazza and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Pariah said: Mr Sagan, with all due respect, the “way [process] of thinking” is called logic, which has long been considered a philosophical science. It is robust as it encompasses being, substance, quantity, relation, quality, form, matter, teleology, actuality, potentiality, existence, essence, truth, amongst others. Philosophical logic says we we can know these things directly from our external & internal senses. The approach of science is that we can know quantity & matter indirectly, by conducting experiments and modelling the results using mathematics. It goes without saying that both approaches are useful, and can complement each other. They can and do enrich each other. It doesn’t have to be an either/or choice. Cordially, tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Bazza said: Mr Sagan, with all due respect, the “way [process] of thinking” is called logic, which has long been considered a philosophical science. It is robust as it encompasses being, substance, quantity, relation, quality, form, matter, teleology, actuality, potentiality, existence, essence, truth, amongst others. Philosophical logic says we we can know these things directly from our external & internal senses. The approach of science is that we can know quantity & matter indirectly, by conducting experiments and modelling the results using mathematics. It goes without saying that both approaches are useful, and can complement each other. They can and do enrich each other. It doesn’t have to be an either/or choice. Cordially, I'm sure he understood that. In my opinion, he was trying to say all of the above, except he was trying to say it with eloquence and brevity in order to appeal to the masses - bringing an understanding of scientific method and logic to the masses was one of his lifelong goals. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Satire, of course (although these days, it's hard to tell). Note from the Principal: This Fall Your Classroom Will be Equipped with a Lion Given a choice between this and what we're getting, I think I'd take the lion. Grailknight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 You're getting velociraptors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 No, unicorns for the science classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Pfft. There aren't any virgins in the science classes either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 I thought people here would appreciate this article on how school principals are the key to safely reopening schools. https://thehill.com/opinion/education/509964-school-principals-are-key-lever-to-ensuring-safe-and-successful-school Yeah, consulting people who have no health expertise and who may themselves believe that the pandemic is a hoax is going to be the key to making sure that schools open and operate safely. 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Cancer said: Pfft. There aren't any virgins in the science classes either. Saw to that yourself, I’m sure. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 No ... no, I cannot take any credit/blame for that this decade. I just listen to the students (who are remarkably free-spoken in the hallways outside my office). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 I gave serious consideration to the title/subtitle "Burning Wood In the Most Meticulous Manner Possible" for my Master's paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Eh, It's A Monday: Redefining Queerness As Transformative Justice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Redefining Representation Through a Critical Lens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Shall I set a trap then?: Historicizing Narratives As a Site of Political Contestation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Trying to decide if I would be burned as an infidel if I posted that on campus somewhere. They would find me, and blame me no matter who actually put it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 American Astronomical Society's "Teaching astronomy on-line" YouTube videos Just started these. May be implictly college instruction rather than secondary schools. Pariah, Old Man and tkdguy 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 31 minutes ago, Cancer said: American Astronomical Society's "Teaching astronomy on-line" YouTube videos Just started these. May be implictly college instruction rather than secondary schools. I have added this link to my list of favorites. I will definitely watch these videos. I also got my Certificate of Completion for the NESTA workshop I did. It's very pretty. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 With teachers in my district reporting for in-service next Thursday, we have our year-opening marching orders. Normal A/B schedule Monday through Thursday, teacher prep and distance learning focus day Friday. All class content to be made available both in person and online. Masks must be worn by all students, teachers, and staff, no exceptions. Students who are unable or unwilling to wear a mask must use the distance learning model instead. Normal class scheduling, which in my district typically means 35 to 40 students in an average high school class. Social distancing to be implemented as circumstances (i.e., how big your classroom is) allow. This is the plan in my district. Other districts are implementing different plans, according to their own needs. The district immediately north of ours, for example, has pushed back the beginning of school by about three weeks and is starting completely distance based. The State has steadfastly refused to implement universal guidelines, citing low case numbers in some of our rural counties (and vocal push back therefrom). They have instructed each district to do what they feel will work best. The State has also come out and said that any school with 15 confirmed positive tests can be shut down and moved to strictly distance learning. Given that my school had 12 positive tests just a couple of weeks ago (arising from a Young Women's activity at a local church), I don't foresee being in my classroom more than a couple of weeks before we go back into academic lockdown. Buckle up, kiddos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 The start of the school year here has already been pushed back once, to 8/17. Today, with ICUs projected to run out of beds by the end of the month, the teachers’ union publicly demanded that schools go online only for the fall semester. They’ll probably get what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 Day one of distance learning is over with. It was not a total disaster and at least no one will catch covid this way. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 Day Four of in-service is over, with a heavy (~3½ hours) dose of Distance Learning training, some of which was given by yours truly. More training tomorrow, about two hours of which will be me, as newly conscripted department chair, explaining the new State core Science standards to the rest of the department (seven other teachers, four of whom are new to the building). Imagine my joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 I can feel you smiling from way over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 I doubt it. It's probably just intestinal gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Better out than in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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