natural history | biocentrism | ends & means | education
Strong opinions justified only by insatiable curiosity and an open mind -- zero tolerance for willfully ignorant ranting and blind allegiance to ideology. My 'blog title echoes Charles Darwin's phrase "there is a grandeur in this view of life" and also reflects my own research interests regarding worldview constraints in education. I regard a worldview as a basic orientation toward life and, in particular, toward questions of purpose and meaning, ends and means. As a science educator, I often feel frustrated with student worldviews that seemingly prevent learning about certain topics -- especially those regarding evolution and a naturalistic understanding of human experience. Cluster analysis of classroom surveys suggested that there were (at least) four distinctive and coexisting worldviews. Following Stephen Pepper, I categorize these orientations as Formist, Mechanist, Organicist, and Contextualist worldviews. Worldview V is then, among other things, an exploration of the origins and relationships among worldviews -- a meta-worldview of sorts ... Please feel free to add your comments and critiques. Thank you for reading my 'blog! /dps
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