Once one takes a step back into the history of science, the creativity and resourcefulness of the figures involved in every era and episode comes into view. Scientific disciplines themselves appear as a braided stream, coming and going, now in this configuration and now in that. Excerpts from primary sources can aid our understanding of science as a deeply human story, full of wonder, in full partnership with other human endeavors from art and music and literature to theology and philosophy.
This theme was evident in the Galileo’s World exhibit I curated for 2015:
In my visit to The Academy of Classical Christian Studies tomorrow I plan to share my work creating open access learning leaflets. They are “small pieces loosely joined,” which can be used in various grade-levels and subject areas in different combinations and clusters. Examples.
In addition, we may talk about how classes might be supported with primary source readers, complementing the leaflets by offering short excerpts from the sources highlighted in the leaflets with additional commentary and annotations.
I look forward to illuminating conversations with the faculty and students.
Additional links:
- Teaching with the Stars
- Painters Prophets Poets
- George MacDonald and the Scientific Imagination
- Speak Their Names
- Small Pieces Loosely Joined (Learning Leaflets as OERs)
- Galileo’s World exhibit. Intro.
- Computer Revolutions exhibit
- A Book Mystery
- Videos
- Bio
