SCIENCE! Under discussion today are the ways in which students who were switched off the sciences at school manage to retain their curiosity about the subjects and can even reengage with it later in life. Professor Rose Luckin is very lucky to have in the online studio this week Dr Andrew Morris, Honorary Associate Professor at UCL, former president of the Education Section of the British Science Association, and author, whose book, Bugs, Drugs, and Three-Pin Plugs: Everyday Science, Simply Explained, is now available wherever books are sold.
Dr Morris has an interest in serving learners and the public through scientific and evidence-based outreach. The discussion in the studio centred around science, technology, research and practice in education.
Talking points and questions:
- The ways in which people who were switched off the sciences at school retain their curiosity and can reengage with science at a later point in life
- Examples of topics and ways of approaching science that have been revealed by Dr Morris’ science discussion groups
- Research-informed educational practice, and research-informed educational policy
- Ways in which research can be transformed and mediated for use
Material discussed in today's episode includes:
- Smartphones in schools? Only when they clearly support learning, the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report has just released a call for technology only to be used in class when it supports learning outcomes, and this includes the use of smartphones.
- The Skinny on AI for Education, EVR's newest publication featuring insights, trends and developments in the world of AI Ed
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