Medieval professor lecturing

Education or Pedagogy Science

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV),

This is a stab at building a personal resource base for education science.

The articles will relevant to my needs: moving toward activity-based learning, ideas for science education in general, and ideas for astronomy labs in particular.

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  1. Institute of Education Sciences
  2. Wikipedia Articles
Medieval professor lecturing

Caption: Henricus de Alemannia, a Medieval professor lecturing ex cathedra.

Note the behavior of the students---chatting, sleeping, eating, browing their Medieval laptops---some things never change.

Credit/Permission: Laurentius de Voltolina (fl. 1350--1400 ?), 2nd half of 14th century (photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei, 2002) / Public domain.

Image linked to Wikipedia.

  1. Institute of Education Sciences

    2. Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is a US institude promoting science-based educational methods---what really works and how well.

    1. Institute of Education Sciences (IES) site
    2. SciAm article: "Scientists Bring New Rigor to Education Research" which discusses IES.
    3. Wikipedia: Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

  2. Wikipedia Articles

    1. activity-based learning Only in India it seems.
    2. Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
    3. Science education