Scientific Thinking
The first Key Concept of the UK National Curriculum (NC) is entitled “Scientific Thinking”. The aim of science teaching, it states, is for pupils to use scientific ideas and models to explain phenomena and develop them creatively to generate and test theories. They should also learn to critically analyse and evaluate evidence from observations and [...]
Improving Science Communication
In the recent controversy over climate change – both the UEA emails and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) misuse of data – one thing that has become clear to me is that scientists need to learn how to communicate the results of their work, and the public need to learn how to listen [...]
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