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Why teach opposing views?

Submitted by mgz24 on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:00pm

 

Why Teach Opposing Views?

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Selective Observation

Submitted by kgrass on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 1:37pm

Selective Observation

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Evolution vs. Creationism in Education

Submitted by hannahgisele on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 11:45am

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Beauty: A cultural construction or the 'natural order'?

Submitted by leamirella on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 11:33am

Mirella Deocadiz
Gender, Information, Science and Technology
Beauty: A Cultural Construction or the Natural Order?


In the article, “The Face Value of Dreams”: Gender, Race, Class and the Politics of Cosmetic Surgery, Bañales argues that the reason why women choose to get plastic surgery is that it serves to alter or erase racial or ethnic markers. However, in Dull and West’s article “Accounting for Cosmetic Surgery: The Accomplishment of Gender”, cosmetic surgeons talk about restoring the ‘natural order’ of things rather than conforming to a societal standard. This paper aims to discuss whether the perception of beauty and attractiveness are social constructions or whether this perception takes root in more biological grounding.

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The Quest for Truth: Science & Religion

Submitted by vlopez on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 10:48am

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Monkeys, Hedgehogs and Foxes

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 9:24am

As part of our discussion, y'day, on what/why/how to teach evolution to elementary, middle and high school students, I shared a final project made by a student in this class a number of years ago. It's called "My Great Grand-daddy was a Monkey." Enjoy (or, Hope, correct)!

Also, as part of our discussion of how "large" the scope of a K-12 science classroom should be--how much historical, cultural, social context should be provided?--as well as to organize some of our observations about how different brains make sense of things, I mentioned

Week Five (Tues, 2/15): On Beyond Biology

 

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The Gay Gene

Submitted by ib4walrus on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 5:28am

 The Gay Gene

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Interpretations of Gender in Two Communities: Transsexuals and Third-World Women

Submitted by tangerines on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:56am

GIST

Professor McCormack

2/8/11

Webpaper #1

“Interpretations of Gender in Two Communities: Transsexuals and Third-World Women”

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Semantics of Foundation

Submitted by katlittrell on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 1:58am

Words continually evolve, their connotations and definitions shift and are forgotten and replaced as the generations pass. The mutability of language causes people to connote certain words differently. This semester, I am taking an course cross-listed in both English and Biology called “The Story of Evolution and the Evolution of Stories”. This comment from one of my classmates prompted my essay:
 

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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.

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