Archive for March, 2010

How Scientists Think?

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about, “How Scientists Think?”  I’m excited to be working on an innovative curricula project here at UBC centered around science as a way of knowing. …more about this later… To this end, I just read this article, “How Scientists Think in the Real World: Implications for Science Education” by [...]

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Is an e-portfolio worth the effort?

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

I was recently asked how I would respond to PhD students who are in the process of putting together their own teaching portfolios and are wondering, “Is it really worth the effort?” Here are my thoughts: 1) Putting together your e-portfolio is a valuable chance for personal reflection.  I found that the process of putting [...]

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This blog is a dynamic way for me to highlight new developments in my own teaching materials and experiences. This website presents the online version of my teaching portfolio and the blog lets me quickly update the site with important research, educational news, materials, articles, sites, and anything else that’s interesting to me – as both a scientist and an educator.