I watched the Michael Specter video and I thought is was very enlightening. I found him to be very knowledable and passionate about sciences, the science as a process and that we should not be afraid of it. I think we are not afraid of science per se, but at least in my opinion, it is the politics behind the science. somedisease is eradicated in the US, lets say measless and I think that is the example he gave, that we think it is not a problem anymore it is over and done with. Well it is not. I think we he says is that we need to always be vigilant and never stop growing, learning, questioning, experimenting and doing it over and over until we get it right. AND THAT IS SCIENCE! If this is science isn't LIFE science?? Is this too deep to think about?
As a teacher I hope I did in the past and will in the future, create an atmosphere where ideas, experiements. thoughts and everything can be re-tried until it is done correctly. I remember in my subbing days and wathcing Bill Nye the Science Guy! I think he is amazing. I would like to take some of his ideas and some of Specter's positive energy and recreate that in my classroom. I think both men are talking about hands on learning and that is what makes anything more exciting and in turn is retaining as real learning, not just facts...do not get me wrong for facts are important, but take them and apply them.
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