It wil take some time to reflect on the riches presented to us in the course of the workshop; I am struck by the consistency of approach: the need to contextualise science learning and to see science within culture, or in this case cultures. This goes alongside the desire to find the personal engagement withContinue reading “Reflections on the Past and Present of Science in Culture”
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Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3c ADVANCED SECONDARY
Our third and final group, took what appeared to be a slightly different approach to the other two, but one that ended up with a great deal of continuity with the others. Led by Per, the group involved Andrew Powney from Ampleforth College, Steven Burdon from St Bede’s Lanchester, and Mark Robson from St RobertContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3c ADVANCED SECONDARY”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3b SECONDARY
Alongside the Primary Group the two other activity groups came up with ideas for using Grosseteste’s conceptual expression, and the world in which he lived, as anchoring points for lessons. Vanessa’s group, which included Chris Harris from Northumberland Church of England Academy and Mary Howell, Education Consultant and former Head of Biology at Richmond School,Continue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3b SECONDARY”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3a PRIMARY
Introductions completed it was down to the second part of the workshop; placing the methods, approaches and material from our medieval and science collaboration at the service of our education partners. Vanessa Kind, with Per Kind and Dorothy Warren, led the days activities. Divided into groups, one focused on primary schooling (roughly 6-10 as theContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3a PRIMARY”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 2
One of the bedrock principles of the Durham Grosseteste Project is the activity of collaborative reading. It sounds simple, and it many respects it is, but sitting together, to read through a text, slowly and thoughtfully, creates the environment in which exciting and imaginative ideas for research take shape and evolve. All present are ableContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 2”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 1
At the beginning of this week we welcomed members old and new to Durham to explore the second element within our network project based on Grosseteste’s scientific works, namely whether and how the ideas, concepts and problems he discusses can be used in the modern classroom. How to bring Grosseteste’s world to life and how toContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 1”
Two weeks thinking about rainbows
I am fascinated by the ebb and flow of insight, discovery, writing, progress in this project. Like so much science itself, sometimes ideas need simply to develop quietly on their own, at other times they are ready for serious up-front work. So the realisation of Hannah Smithson when at the Porto workshop that Grosseteste’s identificationContinue reading “Two weeks thinking about rainbows”
Tom McLeish in Durham – Public Lecture
As part of the Durham Institute of Advanced Study‘s Light Year (a year of academic and outreach riches devoted to the theme of light, with a huge variety of disciplinary perspectives, visiting fellows and light-oriented events), Tom McLeish will be delivering a lecture in the IAS Public Lecture Series The Science -Theology of why LightContinue reading “Tom McLeish in Durham – Public Lecture”
New Season, Updates and Events
After the intellectual delights of Porto, we have been busy, variously, on developing the strands of the Durham Grosseteste project. Work on the De luce edition, translation and multi-disciplinary volume is well advanced, and there are other publication projects in the pipe-line, which we’ll post separately on. The main work of the summer has been on theContinue reading “New Season, Updates and Events”
Porto Conference Thoughts and Reflections, from a postgraduate perspective, Part One
A few months ago Giles Gasper kindly invited me to attend the FIDEM conference in Porto as part of the Grosseteste project. I gladly accepted the invitation and started to read through the material that I was sent. The Grosseteste project had interested me ever since I heard about it; the idea of collaboration betweenContinue reading “Porto Conference Thoughts and Reflections, from a postgraduate perspective, Part One”