Whitelands/LASAR Conference 2017
Epistemic Insight and Big Questions for Classrooms 27th October 2017. This year LASAR’s symposium will be convened jointly with Whitelands College at Roehampton University. It will take place at Whitelands College,… Read more »
16+ Conference on Science and Religion
If Not Post-Truth – Then What Truth? Westminster Abbey Education in partnership with LASAR (Learning about Science and Religion) Centre Unfolding the Road Map of Knowledge: a 16+ Conference Thursday… Read more »
ASE Conference
We are presenting two workshops at the ASE (Association for Science Education) conference in January – more details below: BERG: Primary school teachers’ attitudes to teaching evolution and inheritance: Findings… Read more »
Science and Religion in Education Conference 2016
New ways to discover and advance students’ and the wider public’s reasoning about science and religion Overview: A conference exploring links between education, science and religion, organised by the LASAR… Read more »
Most teenagers “believe they have a soul”
Most teenagers “believe they have a soul” More than half of secondary school pupils believe that people have souls, a survey has revealed. Almost as many –… Read more »
Personality, genetics and upbringing
The aim of the workshop was to stimulate thought and discussion about reductionist positions that exist/are assumed to exist in science. Following a day during which students have learned about… Read more »
BERA Annual conference
We will be presenting some of our findings at the BERA (British Education Research Association) annual conference in September in Leeds See attachment for details of our paper BERA-robot More… Read more »
Agnes a robot that knits
Robots are designed to meet particular objectives – and typically, to pass a test that is applied is to assess whether the robot achieves a particular outcome. For example one… Read more »
Peake practice – boosting primary science
With British astronaut Major Tim Peake safely back on Earth, what better time for primary schools to enthuse pupils about science? But how should teachers ensure lessons genuinely boost children’s… Read more »