Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Science Education in Texas #3

My previous post "Science Education in Texas #2 [Hake (2009)], generated zero response, except for:

 a.  PhysLrnR http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/physlrnr.html,  and

 b. AP-Physics http://lyris.collegeboard.com/read/?forum=ap-physics ,

where, as of 31 May 2009 09:28:00-0700, there were, respectively 1 and 19 responses. . . .[Later: 0n 2 June 15:40:00-0700 the number of AP-Physics responses had risen to 67 !! , not counting about 7 posts with slight changes in the subject line.]  

Nevertheless, for those who are interested in the Texas Science Standards (TSS) and their potential to become the de facto U.S. science standards, I recently discovered that Zen Faulkes http://doctorzen.net/, Associate Professor in Biology at The University of Texas-Pan American, has kept a running record on the TSS on his blog at http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/search/label/Texas%20science%20standards .

His latest post, dated 28 May 2009, is titled "McLeroy's out."

 Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University                             24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367                                             Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of  Deventer,                                                   The Netherlands.                                                                               rrhake@earthlink.net                                               http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/                  http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/                          http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/

Science Education in Texas #4

Some blog readers may be interested in a recent post “Science Education in Texas #4” [Hake (2009)].  The abstract reads:

 ABSTRACT: The National Center for Science Education (NCSE http://ncseweb.org/ ) reported that (a) “the Texas Senate voted NOT to confirm Don McLeroy in his post as chair of the Texas state board of education on 28 May 28 2009,” and (b) according to the Houston Chronicle "there is speculation in the Capitol and within the Texas Education Agency that Gov. Rick Perry might elevate Cynthia Dunbar, R-Richmond, to lead the board.” Dunbar is the author of One Nation Under God that advocates more religion in the public square.  According to a Dallas Morning News report by Christy Hoppe (2006), Gov. Rick Perry "believes that non-Christians are doomed."

To access the 7 kB complete post, please click on http://tinyurl.com/ph4qzz .


REFERENCES   

Hake, R.R. 2009. “Science Education in Texas #4,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://tinyurl.com/ph4qzz . Post of 2 Jun 2009 12:58:43-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. 

Friday, May 29, 2009

Science Education in Texas #2

Some blog readers may be interested in a recent post “Science Education in Texas #2” [Hake (2009)].  The abstract reads:


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ABSTRACT:  In response to my post “Science Education in Texas,” John (Texas) Clement stated that the resignation of Chris Comer, Texas Education Agency's director of science curriculum, was old news and cited a 2007 report by Steven Schafersman, President of the Texas Citizens for Science.  I quote an even more complete and up-to-date report by Sandhya Bathija (2009), which indicates that (a) Chris Comer's lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency was dismissed on 31 March 2009 by a George-W-Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge; and (b) Texas school board  activists may well prevail in infusing creationism and intelligent design into Texas schools, as well as schools throughout the U.S.  The latter because many publishers tend to cater to the curriculum mandates of Texas, evidently the second-largest state purchaser of textbooks in the U.S.

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To access the complete 14 kB post please click on http://tinyurl.com/nb3bem .

REFERENCES

Hake, R.R. 2009. “Science Education in Texas #2,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://tinyurl.com/nb3bem . Post of 28 May 2009 21:01:29 -0700 to AERA-L, Net-Gold, & PhysLrnR.