Inclusivity in the Education of Scientific Imagination #preprint http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21702/

Scientists imagine constantly. But when and how do scientists learn how to use imagination? Across six years of #ethnographic research, it has been found that advanced career scientists feel comfortable using and discussing imagination, while graduate and undergraduate students of science often do not. #scienceeducation #sciedu

Mendel, considered the father of genetics, is the starting point of the scientific teaching of genetics. In the 21st century, should we teach Mendel and inheritance differently?

Watch our #MendelStories interview "Should we teach Mendel differently?" with Kostas Kampourakis

https://youtu.be/DQKHoP3kz8I #Mendel200 #Mendel #SciEdu #Genetics

Currently hosting a focus group to learn more about NYC science teacher needs, and this hits:

"When students can be exposed to new communities of science, and see a real lab that is different from the classroom, the students act and feel different; they see themselves more like scientists"

#scienceeducation #sciedu