Welcome to my first blog post! I'm so excited to be sharing my Science journey with you all as I have never really done anything like this before. I have met a lot of great people so far in my science class and I think it's going to be such a great area of study.
In the first week we explored the idea of 'The Earth Charter'. The Charter dives deeper into exploring and investigating many different types of values. I was really interested in finding out these new values as my own personal values were very on par with what the Earth Charter was explaining. I think it's really interesting how people now wish to re-think the values that are taught in Science education, although this can be quite hard sometimes because of the position this can put teachers in. The push to teach these in schools is something I most definitely agree with, as kids should have a range of values and options to explore and not just a select few that have been around for quite a while. In the tutorial we were introduced to the 'Little Earth Charter', a fun, easy to understand summary about the 'Earth Charter' for kids! (I will definitely be using this in my classroom!) The video was so engaging and such a useful resource for teaching kids about one part of Science.
One really cool activity we did in the lecture was drawing a scientist. Jenny (our lecturer) gave us an activity to draw a scientist and upload it online. When I was scrolling through the drawings of my classmates I noticed that many people had just gone with the stereotypical vision of a scientist, such as drawing Albert Einstein or someone in a lab coat holding a beaker. A very strong view of mine is that anyone can be a scientist. Really, it can be anyone who takes a very big interest in Science and who is constantly asking questions about our world. So below I have attached a picture of my drawing.
In the first week we explored the idea of 'The Earth Charter'. The Charter dives deeper into exploring and investigating many different types of values. I was really interested in finding out these new values as my own personal values were very on par with what the Earth Charter was explaining. I think it's really interesting how people now wish to re-think the values that are taught in Science education, although this can be quite hard sometimes because of the position this can put teachers in. The push to teach these in schools is something I most definitely agree with, as kids should have a range of values and options to explore and not just a select few that have been around for quite a while. In the tutorial we were introduced to the 'Little Earth Charter', a fun, easy to understand summary about the 'Earth Charter' for kids! (I will definitely be using this in my classroom!) The video was so engaging and such a useful resource for teaching kids about one part of Science.
One really cool activity we did in the lecture was drawing a scientist. Jenny (our lecturer) gave us an activity to draw a scientist and upload it online. When I was scrolling through the drawings of my classmates I noticed that many people had just gone with the stereotypical vision of a scientist, such as drawing Albert Einstein or someone in a lab coat holding a beaker. A very strong view of mine is that anyone can be a scientist. Really, it can be anyone who takes a very big interest in Science and who is constantly asking questions about our world. So below I have attached a picture of my drawing.
Another main focus for us this week were the Nell Noddings, centres of care. This includes eight centes of care which we will be relating back to all of our work we complete in this 12 week Science unit. These eight centres of care are care for self, care for intimate others, care for the local community, care for other cultures, care for other species, care for the natural environment, care for the world we inhabit and the last being care for others. ( Nell Noddings (2002), Castano Rodriguez (2015) )
I hope you have enjoyed my first ever blog post! I'm looking forward to sharing the rest of my science explorations with you.
I hope you have enjoyed my first ever blog post! I'm looking forward to sharing the rest of my science explorations with you.
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