Vexations – Science Education at the Crossroads

does it matter?

By John July 29, 2015Ventures, Vexations

I know that loose physics analogies drive physicists to irritation, but I need to invoke one here: matter and antimatter. Those who have familiarity with CERN know something of the underlying science, including the understanding that…

a new collage

By Adam October 11, 2014Ventures, Vexations

For a long time, both in rhetoric and in active contemplation, we have wondered Where is Heather? If you're new to this conversation, here's a brief history: Heather was a 9th grader featured in…

problems as pictures

By John February 26, 2012Vexations

Providence is the home of the Rhode Island School of Design (RIZZ-dee]. This fact was our inspiration to include a third V in this year’s Call for Papers https://sciedxroads.org/callpaper.html: 1)…

a new meeting and new thinking

By Adam February 15, 2012Ventures, Vexations

by Adam We’re getting excited in both of the Crossroads offices, East and West. For me, there’s some snow falling and very soon I’ll get to eat lunch. And, also,…

knitting a network

By Adam July 9, 2011Misc, Ventures, Vexations

by Adam My loving partner has a mistress, but we have an understanding. I have my own mistress as well, but ... well, I’m getting ahead of myself. Karyn’s other…

the story of the STEM pipeline

By Adam August 25, 2010Misc, Vexations

[by Adam] Stacy, a colleague just a few steps away in my friendly physics department hallway, popped her head in my office the other day. Her approach is signaled with…

dinner with Christina; or, to make a difference

By Adam June 14, 2010Misc, Vexations

[by Adam] We go into academics for lots of reasons. Besides the draw of the academy and a fondness for the university system, there’s the desire to make a difference. …

Where is Heather?

By Adam April 28, 2010Misc, Vexations3 Comments

[by Adam] Every year I show a group of preservice teachers the videos from "A Private Universe." Every year I wonder the same thing: Where is Heather now? Many of…

to say it can’t be done

By John April 18, 2010Misc, Vexations

[by John] At a recent multicultural education conference, Dr. Carl A. Grant gave the keynote talk. He was standing in for Dr. Jacqueline Jordan-Irvine who had taken ill. Because of…