1. Week #5 What have we learned from the scientists?
SCI 613 – Nature of Science

2. Quick review How science did happen
Philosophy
History
How science should happen
Scientific logic – inductive vs. deductive (problematic)
Realism vs. anti-realism
Demarcation - Falsifiability
Observations are theory-laden
Paradigms
How science did happen
Human endeavor – can learn from failed science
Non-linear progression of science (fits and starts)
Paradigms and revolutions (normal science)
What science is.. Changes.

3. Quick review
Sociology of science
Science studies
Communities – organization (institutions), validation, peer review
Religion and culture
Government – Is democracy necessary? (No.)
Political influence.
Funding.
Knowledge is socially constructed.
Inscriptions
Transformations
Representations
Circulating reference (i.e., need to be reversible)

4. For this week…
Read Grinnell’s Everyday Practice of Science (Ch. 1-3). Prepare:
Summary notes on Section I (Ch. 1-3).
A list of a minimum of 10 quotes that a) best represent the author's position and/or b) were the most useful to you in understanding the text.

5. Philosophy
Sociology
History
Scientists
Science studies
Academia
K-12
Nature of science
Scientific practices
Inquiry
Pedagogy
Standards

6. To start things off… What experiences doing science do you have?
How does this affect your current/future teaching?
What kind of authentic science experiences would you like to have?
If not from doing science, where can you as an educator learn about how science is done?

7. Who is Frederick Grinnell
Ph.D. in biochemistry (Tufts, 1970)
On faculty at UT Southwestern Medical School
Made major contributions to the cellular chemistry of wound repair
Also wrote on bioethics
This book was a finalist in the 2010 Royal Society Book Prize competition.

8. Framing the conversation
Q: Why study actual practice?
Inquiry
In the
Science
Classroom
Authentic
Inquiry
In Science

9. Graduate School
Undergraduate
High School
Elementary School

10. Framing the conversation
If one goal of science education is to provide a relatively authentic image of scientific investigations, then we need to understand what really happens in science (i.e., how scientific knowledge is constructed).
A debate we will have: general vs. discipline-specific
For now: Let’s just look at science-in-the-making and figure out how to approximate is in a classroom later.

11. Some important concepts…
The scientific method
Objectivity
Credibility
Real vs. School Science
Transformation of “discovery claims”
The scientific paper
Peer-review
The role of the scientific community

12. Quotes
Link quotes to the appropriate chapters
(5 minutes!)

13. What’s are the important take-home messages about how science works?
3 Groups:
Chapter 1 – Practicing Science
Chapter 2 – Discovery
Chapter 3 – Credibility
(10 minutes prep – prepare quick summary)

14. 1 – Practicing Science World to be studied Individual scientists
Research
community
Credibility
Discovery

15. 2 - Discovery

16. 3 - Credibility

17. Putting it all together…
The scientific method
Objectivity
Credibility
Real vs. School Science
Transformation of “discovery claims”
The scientific paper
Peer-review
The role of the scientific community

18. Science-in-action report
How does today’s discussion help you prepare for your science-in-action report? Due Week #12

19. What should be on the final?
Write 2-3 questions from today that would be appropriate for the final exam

20. For next week… Read one of these two articles:
Wong & Hodson (2009) “From the horse’s mouth: What scientists say about scientific investigation and scientific knowledge” (online)
Wong & Hodson (2010) “More from the horse’s mouth: What scientists say about science as a social practice” (on campus)
Be prepared to summarize the findings next week.
Also, choose an episode of the Life Scientific podcast that looks the most interesting to you. Be prepared to 1) describe what this scientists does and 2) let us know what about how science works can be pulled out of this interview.

21. Classroom context paper
Due Week #7 (October 15th)
2-3 pages max (single spaced)
Purpose: To synthesize the first 1/3rd of the course into generalizations about what science is and how it works for use in your classroom (at whatever level).
What can you lift out of the readings and discussions so far that would be relevant in MS, HS or College?
Feel free to use the examples on the back as starting points.
Remember, you must provide support for your claims from the readings.
Use APA style. Search for ‘owl APA’ if you need help. (our syllabus has citations for many of the readings)

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