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Preface: I was told that my posting did not show up...and I am so frustrated that ...this sort of thing always happens to me! This is basically what I wrote before:

I really enjoy learning about educational structures and how looking at our development is crucial in our understanding of where we are and how we learn. It is so important to question the standards and framework of how we have been educated. In Paul's article I was really able to identify with the idea of learning in our youth and how that contributes greatly to the way we are able to understand material later in life. Even more importantly, this helps us to formulate our own ideas and understand why we are forming them.

The first model that Paul spoke of reminded me a lot of Barad's emphasis on agential realism. It had a similar feel of limitations and boundaries--no void space, no gray area.

Maybe it is our definitions of scientific thinking that need to change. Rather than understanding scientific thinking as the product of having a "math or science brain" but the idea of breaking things down and having a natural curiosity to explore questions we have concerning the physical world around us. Maybe that will even alleviate the problems we have with understanding quantum physics which is the obvious example of the conceptual existing with questions yet to be answered.

When reading Anne's article I was really inspired by how she explored what it is to be subjective. Subjectivity allows us to understand that interpretation matters. When reading an article we need to look at the material in more than one dimension. Though it is important to understand what an author is asking or claiming, we need to take into consideration or at least question where the author is coming from. When we put this idea to science, if we have been taught science in a very male-dominated environment we must question our understanding of the material on another level. Is the fact that this field is male dominated affecting our understanding of the material or even where the material is coming from and being pieced together.

Thanks Paul! Thanks Anne!

-Alex