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Title

Some Philosophical Musings on the RTSRE conference

Abstract

This paper is written in response to an invitation after having had some discussions with the organizer, Dr Michael Fitzgerald. We had been discussing our reactions to all of the papers presented. I had been somewhat dismayed by the “lack of educational knowledge” displayed. Reflection revealed that this was not surprising given that so few had undertaken any advanced training in education. Many were scientists and experts in their fields of astronomy, technology or robotics. Consequently, I cover some key topics that I consider to be important in this domain. These include: the message systems of curriculum, pedagogy and evaluation in education; how these are typically operationalized; and, with this operationalization, how we encounter the problems made manifest during the conference. I offer some suggestions on how to overcome these.

Date

01/01/2018

Citation

McKinnon, D. H. (2018). Some Philosophical Musings on the RTSRE conference, RTSRE Conference Proceedings, San Diego, California, USA, Jun 18-21, 2017

Type of Publication

Conference Item

Author(s)

McKinnon, David H.

Content

Instrumentation/Techniques > Robotic Telescopes

Construct

Academic Social/Discourse

Methodology

Blank

Specific Interest

RTSRE Related Research

Target Group

Other

Institution(s)

Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research, Edith Cowan University

Peer-Reviewed Status

Peer-reviewed

Volume

1

Issue Number

1

Conference Title

Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education (RTSRE) Conference

Conference Location

San Diego, California, USA

Conference Proceeding Type

Paper

Resource Type

Position Paper/Editorial

Nation(s) of Study

Australia

Language

English

Conference Date

June 18-21, 2017

URL

https://rtsre.net/ojs/index.php/rtsreconfproc

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