Jan 2, 2019 | Collaborators, Ecology, Education, Grant, Intuitive Biology, John Coley, Presentations, Uncategorized
At the end of the Fall 2018 semester, Dr. Coley made a whirlwind visit to Norway, where he gave a talk on CORE Lab research on Intuitive Biological Thinking and Science Education, spend many enjoyable hours working with good friend and CORE Lab collaborator Dr. Imac...
Mar 9, 2018 | Conferences, Education, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Presentations, Uncategorized, Yian Xu
Doctoral Students Yian Xu and Jessica Leffers both presented their work at major conferences this March. Do people essentialize mental disorders? How does essentialist belief relate to causal understanding and treatment decisions in clinical contexts? Yian presented a...
Feb 11, 2018 | Education, Intuitive Biology, Presentations, Science Education
On Saturday, 3 Feb, Professor Coley spoke to STEM educators from community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and universities on Intuitive thinking and science education: Biology and beyond at a conference at SUNY Oneonta in upstate New York. The meeting was sponsored...
Jan 11, 2018 | Collaborators, Ecology, Education, Grant
Dr. Imac Zambrana of the Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, and Dr. Coley have received a seed grant from the University of Oslo to examine how different educational approaches may shape the development of ecological thinking in children. They...
Dec 15, 2017 | Intuitive Biology, Michal Fux, Presentations, Science Education
CORE Lab Postdoc Michal Fux presented a colloquium, Linking Intuitive Biology and Life Science Education, to the Northeastern Biology Department. This was Michal’s first time giving a talk in intuitive biology, and the first public presentation from the VIBES...