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Sports as a pedagogical tool

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Praj / 4 Comments

Roger Pielke Jr. has a post on using sports to examine “questions related to decision making, ethics, politics, prediction and more.”  To that list ...

Climate Change/Public Voice of Science/Science and Sports

A brief clarification

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

I realize now that my last post sloppily blends two distinct points.  I noted first that insisting on “the” rightful place of science is analogous t...

Public Voice of Science/Science and Sports

The importance of watching game film

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

For the second time in a row I’ll simply restate what I’ve said in an earlier post.  While some will take this as an impressive lack of originality,...

Education/Science and Sports

Clarification on scientific literacy and reading comprehension

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

Over at the Galilean Library, they’ve been having a good discussion about my recent post on the similarities between scientific literacy and reading compr...

Communication/Education/Science and Sports

Is scientific thinking like reading comprehension?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Praj / 8 Comments

E.D. Hirsch recently wrote a great review of Diane Ravitch’s last book on education reform.* In his review, Hirsch discussed some of his more controversia...

Climate Change/Philosophy/Science and Sports

Who can comment on global warming?

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Praj / 4 Comments

Paul Newall of the Galilean Library has a great comment on doubt and disunity in science.  He raises a particularly interesting point on expertise: If everyone ...

Communication/Race/Science and Sports

The institutional arrogance of science

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Praj / 10 Comments

Let me expand on something I wrote in my last post: There’s something about scientists’ training that makes us believe we’re all qualified to speak for “science...

Communication/Science and Sports

The vocabulary of public discourse

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Praj / 6 Comments

My last post discusses the possible harm of automatically placing science at the forefront of decision-making.  In some cases it’s simply not true that a ...

Science and Sports

Indefinite articles need not apply

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Praj / 3 Comments

Continuing yet again with the science and teamwork idea, it’s interesting to observe that scientists rarely use the indefinite article a when talking abou...

Climate Change/Science and Sports

Passing out of the triple-team

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

Let’s continue with the science-as-part-of-a-team meme and see how scientists neglect it to our detriment.  Consider anthropogenic global warming (AGW).  ...

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