Alom Shaha
British science teacher, writer and filmmaker; author of The Young Atheist's Handbook and Why Don't Things Fall Up?, and of science books for children.
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Their wordsEating less meat is one of the easiest ways to help mitigate the awful damage humans are doing to the Earth. We really could save the world if we just stopped eating the cows.
- 8 years earlier
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Their wordsThere’s a belief that seems to be held by many science communicators and science teachers that if you can simply come up with a clear enough explanation for something in science, then your audience or students will understand it. I don’t think this is always, or perhaps even often, true.
↗Pop. Sci book or Textbook?alomshaha.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Real understanding of a scientific idea comes from repeatedly applying it to new situations.
Their wordsreal understanding usually takes repeated engagement with the ideas, and actively trying to apply the explanation to situations or phenomena that are different to the ones originally provided.
↗Pop. Sci book or Textbook?alomshaha.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 23 months earlier
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Their wordsI don’t think I’d get the same sense of satisfaction from tutoring I get from being a classroom teacher and I’d miss being part of a school community.
- 3 years earlier
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'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone.
Their wordsWhilst I agree that you might technically be able to apply the words racism or sexism when someone says something mean about a white man, just as scientists get angry when creationists misuse the word theory, I tend to get a little annoyed when these words are used in this context.
↗Evolution, Sexism and Racism – why definitions matteralomshaha.com
- 6 days earlier
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Their wordsI think atheism should definitely be included as part of the material covered in any religious education course.
↗Should atheism be included in Religious Education?alomshaha.com
- 7 months earlier
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Their wordsBut not all atheists are the same and, even in 21st century UK, being openly atheist is simply not an option for far too many of our fellow citizens.
- 2 years earlier
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Their wordsvaccines and vaccination are one of science’s greatest achievements
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsAn Inconvenient Truth is just too long for use in class and, frankly, just too boring. Al Gore’s film is worthy but dull
↗An Inconvenient Truth – Al Gore’s film is not very good.alomshaha.com