Not exact matches
Do you seriously think for even one millisecond that the religiously driven anti-intellectual climate in America is not largely due to adults
telling kids that evolution isn't true, that climate change is just a big liberal conspiracy, or that generally speaking nobody really needs to be good at math or
science anymore?
In closing Bill Nye the
Science Guy... you can not
tell parents to go against and not teach their
kids, the traditional beliefs that have been handed down from generation to generation because it goes against what you believe.
Up until now no one has heard me on here saying «You must believe in God and
tell your
kids not to believe in
science» but Bill Nye is
telling us to
tell our
kids that creationism is wrong.
so so cool, I keep
telling my
science teacher husband that he needs to do experiments with the
kids.
Our generation is being accused of coddling our
kids, with attachment parenting at the forefront, but
science tells us that hitting our
kids isn't good for their development.
The Center for
Science in the Public Interest senior nutritionist David Schardt says «We don't want to
tell people not to eat canned beans or tomatoes, but at the same time, it makes sense for all parents, and especially pregnant and nursing women, to minimize the exposure of their
kids» developing bodies and brains to BPA.
So, once the
science comes in and
tells you that something helps poor
kids do better, you change your mind and support it, even if you thought it was wasteful before.
«You can have an excellent [research] idea while taking care of seven
kids or [looking after] a sick parent, or being in the lab 24 hours a day,» she
tells Science Careers.
So
science doesn't
tell us what these pesticides are actually doing in young
kids» bodies and brains.
That is one of the processes he hopes to capture with these new tools: «We bring
kids to the lab, and we run studies where we
tell them to build some kind of engineering or
science project.»
«If I were to describe this over a coffee break to one of my colleagues,» he
told Science News, «they'd say, «You must be
kidding.
I say to my
kids «love your data and let the data
tell the story, don't have any preconceived ideas because that's not
science.»
On improving student participation in Computer
Science, he
told us: `... the biggest problem that we have, and it's an international problem, is that
kids just don't know what the subject is.
He has authored and co-authored the following: Learning Transformed: 8 Keys for Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today, BrandED:
Tell Your Story, Build Relationships, and Empower Learning, Uncommon Learning: Creating Schools That Work for
Kids, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times, Communicating and Connecting With Social Media: Essentials for Principals and What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning
Science.
When Laumatia
told parents she was going to create a school where learning would be individualized and fun, where
kids would learn about Hawaiian culture and teachers would use art and music to teach core subjects like
science and math, a lot of parents immediately said, «Where do I sign up?»
You mean to
tell me that someone potential just running for BOE knows the
science behind teaching ELL students, or how to teach reading to a room full of little
kids, or how to implement the common core, or analyze data effectively to support student learning, or knows how to hire the right principal or sup.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
told reporters that the pocket - change donation (which she called a «generous gift») will be used to host a camp for
kids, focused on
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the
Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know — Your
Kids by Paul Raeburn and Kevin Zollman (Macmillan / Scientific American / FSG; Blackstone Audio; OverDrive Sample) combines the insight of a father of five with the expertise of an academic to offer ways to help parents game their
kid's most common and exasperating behaviors, such a lying, fighting, and not doing what they were
told.
BKL: Please
tell us more about some of the challenges involved in helping
kids to connect with core
science concepts.
My wife and I are in almost the identical situation - 2
kids, she works part time in the biological
sciences while spending plenty of time with the
kids, I'm a programmer outearning her significantly - and I can
tell you that I'd more than happily switch roles if she were the bread earner, and would feel just as satisfied if not more doing so.
«We need to keep
kids» curiosity about
science alive and not limit their ability to understand the world around them by exposing them to misinformation,» Brenda Ekwurzel, of the Union of Concerned Scientists,
told Reuters.
When
kids witness mild to moderate conflict that involves support, compromise, and positive emotions at home, they learn better social skills, self - esteem, and emotional security, which can help parent - child relations and how well they do in school, E. Mark Cummings, a developmental psychologist at Notre Dame University,
tells Developmental
Science.