Well, it’s nice to be back on line! I haven’t had much chance to write anything in the last week, but it would have been nice to have been able to if I’d wanted… Reasons for not posting: a) the registrar & I have been incredibly busy at work, trying to process student enrolments before […]
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science & innovation in education – your thoughts, please
I’ve just received an e-mail about a forum on Science & Innovation in Education, which’ll be held next year in Wellington on 19-20 April. Now, quite apart from the fact that I’d really like to go to this one, I thought I’d write a bit about the forum here because my correspondent is in the throes […]
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I had a quick web-surf in between walking the dog (before it got too hot) & doing some paperwork. And behold! there was a post by PZ entitled My mouse has two daddies. So the paperwork had to wait a bit 🙂 PZ’s writing about a rather clever – & intricate!) – piece of work that’s resulted […]
Continue readingnuclear transformation – at body temperature this time
After writing my last post, in which a young-earth creationist expounded on their idea that the planet was once a giant nuclear reactor, I wondered what else was out there. So in the gap between one appointment & the next, I went looking. I almost wish I hadn’t…
Continue readinga young-earth creationist’s view of flood geology (& much more besides)
Things have been totally hectic since I got back from the conference trail – all the usual end-of-year stuff plus heaps of students coming in for advice about their study plans for next year. (Hint for future students – try to do a bit of planning before you come in; it makes the process much […]
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Well, I’ve just got back from a series of conferences (3 in the space of 10 days) – & all of them about teaching! I was getting pretty tired by the end of it all, but at the same time it was really good to be able to spend time talking about teaching (& about […]
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I’ve just spent a couple of wonderful days at the inaugural First-Year Biology Educators’ Colloquium, hosted by Otago University’s Phil Bishop at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary, near Dunedin. There were some absolutely inspirational speakers there & I came away with some ideas that I’d like to adapt for my own teaching. And I gave a talk […]
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