Tonia A. Dousay
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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Who or what is a scientist?
Today, my preservice teachers had to breakthrough their preconceived notions of “what is a scientist.” I showed them Crystal Dilworth’s TED talk on the myth of the stereotypical scientist. We looked at The (UK) Science Council’s definition of a scientist and 10 types of scientists. At the end of the activity, they self identified which…