The Future of Our Species: Beliefs and Practices

 While on the surface my research and other academic work focuses on mobile devices, formative assessment, and design, the underlying investigations are really about the relationship between human beings' beliefs and practices. I use schools and technology and teaching as lenses to better understand that reflection and to reveal new dimensions of the relationship.

So as I begin this new theme in my weekly format, it's important to start with this core foundation. Much of what humans do - consciously or subconsciously - is rooted deeply in a belief system that is shaped by experience and context. The rest? It's rooted in science - biology, chemistry, and physics.