The Pattern of Contextual Diminution This pattern is a bit more involved,as it combines a number of other patterns. It also adds to theself-referential nature of PAC, as it describes the dynamics of…

Complexity and Randomness This pattern is from System's thinker Gerald Weinberg, and has been extremely helpful to illustrate the difference between complexity and randomness. It is also a nice…

During the ClimateGate scandal, researchers at East Anglia were not found to be manipulating data but were stonewalling Freedom of Information requests, the bedrock of a democratic science society…

I have been meaning to give a summary of my experience as a judge at The Ohio Academy of Science for the State Science Day (May 7, 2011) - for, I think, the…

Bright people run into two curses in life that others mistake as blessings.  The first is that many tasks come easy to them.  The second is that they can do okay for a long time without…

In 2009, Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman published a series of articles here at Science 2.0 with ways to improve science education (see Why Not Try A Scientific Approach To Science Education?) and one of…

Those who can do, those who can’t teach, and those who can’t teach use Independent Learning exercises-- University teachers occupy a privileged perch in the education world.  Unlike…

Those who can do, those who can’t teach, and those who can’t teach use Independent Learning exercises. University teachers occupy a privileged perch in the education world.  Unlike elementary…

LONDON, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Proposed changes to the immigration rules will not actually target sham colleges, instead the changes will shut down legitimate private education providers.…

    Methodological Stuff: 1. Introduction 2: Patterns 3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth 4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: A pattern of Difference A Pattern of…