Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

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We think we know what motivates students.

The cure for the misuse of science is not censorship, but clearer explanations, vigorous debates, and making science accessible to everyone. -Carl Sagan

Yes, some geniuses were ignored. If you are bing ignored. That does not mean you are a genius.

We are dismissing your ideas because they have been rejected for a very long time, not because you are being treated unfairly.

He who allows oppression share the crime. -Erasmus Darwin

Convoluted arguments that are difficult to refute are not necessarily correct.

For convenience, I took a bus recently. I’m a fan.

Fertile imaginations explain a lot. The quality of the explanations may not be great, but the quantity is.

If you can’t be proven wrong, you can’t be taken seriously.

You need a catcher, otherwise you are going to have a lot of passed balls. -Casey Stengel

Speculation is often conflated with evidence. Let’s learn to differentiate the two.

Be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce comfortable ideas.

Interpretations and inferences are not the same.

The Shape of Innovation
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/26/the-shape-of-innovation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Pedagogical Nihilism: An Idea Worth Exploring
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/24/pedagogical-nihilism-an-idea-worth-exploring/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Colour Contrast Analyzer
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/19/colour-contrast-analyzer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Quality of Qualitative Data
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/16/quality-of-qualitative-data/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"We are going to do thing differently uder my leadership."

Yeah... we probably aren't.

On thing I learned during 35 years in education: The leaders matter... a lot.I have been very content and productive in schools when leadership changed and within weeks was discintnet, unproductive, and looking for my next job.