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Join Us for Our Next Webinar Featuring Bertha Vazquez Education Director at The Center for Inquiry
Don't Believe Everything You Believe
Thursday October 10, 2024
8:00 p.m. ET, 7:00 p.m. CT, 6:00 p.m. MT, 5:00 p.m. PT
We all think we are good at thinking, but we are not. We all fall victim to logical fallacies and other mental shortcuts that may have kept our earliest hominid ancestors alive but do a disservice with the mountains of information now at our fingertips. Just like our human backs and knees aren't perfect, our minds have flaws, too. The first step is humility; don't believe everything you believe.
The presentation starts with a little science appreciation and quickly moves on to the overwhelming amount of information we each see on a daily basis. It then discusses the difference between the different types of misinformation and some steps to protect ourselves from all of it. At the end, I introduce our programs and mention the possibility of more guest speakers.
Presenter: Bertha Vazquez
Bertha Vazquez is a retired science teacher who taught middle school for 34 years in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She is the education director at The Center for Inquiry, an international nonprofit organization that promotes reason and science.
Her multi-faceted approach to teaching climate science has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Earth magazine, and in a book and film series by Lynne Cherry titled, Empowering Young Voices for the Planet. She is the editor and contributing author of the book, On Teaching Evolution, published in 2021.
Ms. Vazquez has also worked in several translation projects, including the translation of Maria Jinich’s book into English, A Brief History of Four Billion Years of Evolution: Understanding Darwin. She was honored with the 2023 Friend of Darwin Award by the National Center for Science Education.
A regular speaker at skeptical and humanist conferences, Bertha is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and an occasional contributor to The Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
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2024-2025 Webinar Schedule
September 19, 2024
Katy Garvy & Jesse Nolan: MySciLife
October 10, 2024
Bertha Vazquez: Don't Believe Everything You Believe
November 7, 2024
Sina Kirk: Infiniscope
December 5, 2024
Melanie Trecek-King: Mental Immunity Project
January 23, 2025
Virginia Andrews: Dimensions of Success: classroom observation system for middle school science and engineering classrooms
February TBD, 2025
Cynthia Crockett: Writing psychometrically "good" multiple choice assessment questions
March 26-29, 2025
NSTA National Conference in Philadelphia
April 10, 2025
Kenneth Huff & Nicole Sjoblom: "LabXchange’s Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science Education (RDEISE) Project.
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