Presentations & Papers Presented at Conferences
The dynamics of meaning expression and communication among people, dogs, and other creatures
—- (2021, July) Paper presented at the 2021 Biosemiotics Gathering, Stockholm, Sweden (and on Zoom).
Complex learning and teaching across cycles, arrows, and breaks in time
—- (2017) A paper presented in a symposium, “The Time of Gregory Bateson: Metapatterns and Beyond,” at the annual meeting of the Society for Science, Literature, and the Arts, Tempe, AZ
Addiction, education, and beyond: Pathological patterns and contexts
—- (2017, June) A paper presented at the Second Bateson Symposium, Mikolow, Poland
Teaching ecology and systems thinking: A return
—- (2013, June) A paper presented at the annual Indigenous Language & Education Conference, Flagstaff
Teaching “An ecology of mind”: Teaching—learning as personal and social recursive systems
—- (2012) Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics, cosponsored with the Bateson Idea Group, Pacific Grove, CA
Issues in complexity research and practice
—- (2012) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver
Discussion of the film, “An ecology of mind: A daughter’s portrait of Gregory Bateson.”
—- (2012) Panel discussant at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver.
Discussant for the film, “An ecology of mind: A daughter’s portrait of Gregory Bateson”
—- (2012) Two showings of the film at the Sedona International Film Festival, Sedona, AZ
Relationships, systems, and complexity: An examination of social imagination in classroom, school, and university communities
—- (2011, April) A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA
Systems thinking, pattern thinking, abductive thinking as the key elements of complex learning
—- (2010, May 1) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO
Issues in learning and cognition as complex systems
—- (2009, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego
How do current research methodologies involved in case studies fit with chaos and complexity theories?
—- (2008, March) A presentation at the annual meeting of the Chaos and Complexity Theories SIG Business Meeting at the conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York
A theoretical model of learning for complexity: Depth, extent, abstraction, and transfer of learning
—- (2007, April 11) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago
Short-term research experiences with teachers in earth and planetary sciences and a model for integrating research into classroom inquiry
—- Paul Morgan & — (2007) A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
Discussion: “Gregory Bateson, Culture and Mind”
—- (2005, April)) Discussant for Chaos and Complexity Special Interest Group session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Ontario, Canada
Multiple perspectives of patterns & complexity in education & beyond: Influences from the legacy of Gregory Bateson
—- (2004, November 23) Poster presentation at the conference: Bateson @ 100: Multiple Versions of the World, Berkeley, CA
The application of chaos, complexity, and emergent (meta)patterns to research in teacher education
—- (2004, October) A paper presented at the annual Complexity Science and Educational Research Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Extending the analysis of chaotic and complex systems in education: The use of metapatterns and other broadly applicable concepts
—- (2004, April) A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego
Entering the community of teachers: The difficulties and prospects in raising the bar of expectations in an elementary science methods course
—- (2003, March) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia
The use of metapatterns (and chaos and complexity) as analytical, design, and conceptual frameworks
—- & Tyler Volk (2003, March) Pre-conference session to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia
Conflicts and concerns in an elementary teachers’ science group: A metapatterns analysis of emergence, complexity, and issues of schooling
—- (2002, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans
Assumptions of Western schooling and the basic principles of Buddhism: The Karma Kargyü school of Tibetan Buddhism and Shambhala
—- (2002, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans
Entering the community of scholars
—- (2002, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans
Chaos, complexity, and metapatterns in discourse and learning: A perspective on developing complex understandings
—- (2001, March) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO
Chaotic and complex systems in children’s thinking and learning
—- (2001, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA
Creating a classroom community of young scientists in high school
—- & Vincent Lunetta (2001, January) A pre-conference workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Costa Mesa, CA
Developing central program goals and themes to facilitate effective science teacher education
—- Vincent Lunetta & — (2001, January) Interactive session at the annual meeting Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Costa Mesa, CA
Creating inquiry environments that build on children’s curiosity and questions
—- (2001, October) Workshop at the annual meeting of the Arizona Science Teachers Association, Phoenix
Chaos, complexity, and patterns that connect
—- (2000, April) Focus symposium for the Chaos and Complexity Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans
Summit On Science and NARST
—- (2000, May) Symposium offered at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans
Pond studies and teaching and learning through inquiry
—- (2000, June) Workshop for teachers at the Flagstaff Arboretum, Flagstaff, AZ
Using children’s ideas and conversations in science to integrate across the curriculum
—- (1999, September) A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Arizona Reading Council, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
Using video and audio taping for formal and informal research in the classroom
—- (1999, March) Paper presented as a part of a symposium at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Boston
The implications of evolutionary patterns on learning: Issues of variation, non-linearity, and non-progressivism
—- (1998, April) Paper presented in a symposium, The implications of evolution as a metaphor for learning, at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego
Contexts of meaning and children’s discourse
—- (1996, November) Paper presented at the Atlantic Educators Conference, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
A unit on buoyancy: Meanings, understandings, and engagement
—- (1996, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York
Children’s discourse and understanding: A unit on buoyancy
—- (1995, June) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Montreal
The development of children’s discourse during a unit on buoyancy
—- (1995, April) Paper presented in a symposium, Language in Science Learning, at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco
A conceptual and discourse analysis of grade 5 students’ definitions of machines
—- (1995, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco
A grade 5 unit on machines: Children’s understandings and discourse
—- (1994, June) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Calgary, Alberta
The meaning children attach to the notion of Earth and life on Earth: A comparative study between North American and Lebanese children
— & Zoubeida Dagher (1993, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta
Young children’s understandings of machines: A contexts of meaning perspective
—- (1993, June) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Ottawa
Conceptual change or contextual flexibility: The myth of restructuring and replacing conceptions
—- (1992, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco
Conceptual change or conceptual integration: What’s really possible?
—- (1991, June) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Kingston, Ontario
Contexts of meaning and the development of knowledge in elementary school children
—- (1991, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago
Contexts of meaning and children’s understanding of the world
—- (1990, June) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Victoria, British Columbia
Methodological perspectives in assessing and extending the scope of children’s contexts of meaning: Context maps and drawings
—- (1990, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston
Contexts of meaning: Young children’s understanding of biological phenomena
—- (1989, June) Paper presented at the seventeenth annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Quebec City, Quebec
Pre-service elementary teachers’ conceptions of science
—- (1988, June) Paper presented as a part of a symposium at the sixteenth annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Windsor, Ontario
A case study of evolutionary biologists: Implications for secondary biology curriculum and teacher training
—- (1988, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Solution strategies for classification tasks by high school biology students
—- & Duschl, R. A. (1987, April) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC
The think aloud technique and protocol analysis: A research methodology in biological identification tasks
—- (1987, January) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Dallas, TX
Problem solving in biology
—- (1986, March) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Association of Teachers of Science, Museum of Natural Sciences, Houston, TX
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals, Magazines
Inquiry — As, Beyond, Of, With, Across , & Through — For Teachers, Learners, & Inquirers
—- (2022) Medium, January 10
Teaching about vs. teaching as — Immersive teaching
—- (2022) Medium, January 1
Words, meanings, muddles, and social upheavals
—- (2021) Medium, December 19
Beneath the schism—Towards coming together
–— (2021) Medium, December 12
Paradox in Contexts of Learning
—- (2021) Medium, December 8
What’s wrong with schools?
—- (2021) Medium, December 4
Learning about relationships and more from my canine teacher
—- (2021) Medium, November 29
Learning authoritarianism — Insidious and pervasive
—- (2021) Medium, November 28
The problems with scale and scalability
—- (2021) Medium, November 28
Binaries — The good, the bad, and the ugly
—- (2018) Medium, June 3
The untimely death of integrity: And… cold data vs. warm data
–— (2018) Medium, March 25
Pattern thinking, systems thinking and complex-transferrable learning in education for sustainability
—- (2009) A paper prepared for the Education Sustainability Infusion Project of the Coconino County Sustainable Economic Development Initiative, October
Studying the moon: An inquiry approach
—- (2006) The Oregon Science Teacher. 48(1), 12-16
Student understandings and contexts of meaning in science
—- (1994, April) Invited presentation at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India
A status check of conceptual change
—- (1993) Newsletter: Subject Matter Knowledge and Conceptual Change – A Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, 18, 6-7
The solving of biological identification tasks by high school students
—- (1991) Occasional publication no. 3, Mathematics-Science-Technology Education Group, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University
Believe it or not: The legacy of misunderstanding in science and science education
—- (1988) Invited talk, Zoology Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Problem solving by high school students
—- (1988) Invited talk, School of Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Integrating science instruction in the primary/junior curriculum
—- (1988) The Crucible, 19(3), 31-33, 36
Lavine’s Introduction to Apple II basic — Review
—- (1986) The Arithmetic Teacher, 33(1), 53
Manes & Somerson’s Computer olympics — Review
—- (1986) The Arithmetic Teacher, 33(2), 49
Kurshan & Healy’s Computer FUNdamentals — Review
—- (1986) The Arithmetic Teacher, 33(1), 52
Cathcart & Cathcart’s Learning about computers — Review
—- (1985) The Arithmetic Teacher, 32(9), 31-32
Effective use of computers in the science classroom
—- (1985) Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of Microcomputers On Parade, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
Manipulating memory on the Apple II computer
—- (1985, June) Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of Microcomputers On Parade, Region IV Education Service Center, Houston, TX
Frazier defends slumlord on condemnation
—- (1969) The Guilfordian, May 2, pp. 4, 3
My first major action in the fight against racism
Download (from title link) is OCR of original article
Reports, Occasional Publications, Unpublished Manuscripts
Resistance-Engagement continuum in inquiry-based elementary science methods courses
—- & Alexi Baca-Spry (2005) Report, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, Northern Arizona University
The solving of biological identification tasks by high school students
—- with Duschl, R. A. (1990). An Occasional Publication of the MSTE Group, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1438.4881
An investigation of problem solving strategies used by students in solving biological classification tasks: Pilot Study
—- (1986) Manuscript, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Report on the environmental impact of Nuclear Reactor Sites at Shoreham, NY on icthyoplankton and fisheries populations in Long Island Sound*
(*specific title is not known)
—- Austin, H., Larson, K., Mundy, B., Shepp, R. Gish, J., Croce, T., Perrot, S., et al. (c. 1975) A Report submitted for inclusion in a larger impact statement by the New York Ocean Science Laboratory, Montauk, NY
