Английская Википедия:Bertha Vazquez

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Bertha Vazquez is director of education for the Center for Inquiry, director of the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES), a program of the Center for InquiryШаблон:R and a project of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science,Шаблон:R and a retired middle school science teacher at the George Washington Carver Middle School in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.Шаблон:RШаблон:RШаблон:R She also manages the educational aspects of Science Saves and Young Skeptics, two other CFI programs.

Vazquez was appointed a Committee for Skeptical Inquiry fellow in 2020, and received the 2023 Friend of Darwin award from the National Center for Science Education (NCSE).Шаблон:R

Early life and education

At age 18, Vazquez read The Selfish Gene and became a self-described fan of Richard Dawkins.Шаблон:R She went on to obtain an undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Miami and a master's in science education from Florida International University.Шаблон:R

Career

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Vazquez and Richard Dawkins at CSICon in October 2016

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Vazquez and Bill Nye at CSICon in October 2018

In 1989, Vazquez served as an exhibit guide at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Coconut Grove, Florida. That same year, she began her teaching career in Albi, France.

In 1990, Vazquez began teaching in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She has taught sixth grade integrated science, seventh grade integrated science, Earth and space science, physical science, and biology. She has also taught French in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Vazquez's main teaching interest has been in environmental education,Шаблон:R and she encouraged her fellow teachers even in non-scientific subjects to incorporate climate change education in their curricula.Шаблон:R Her efforts were recognized with the Charles C. Bartlett Award from the National Environmental Education Foundation in 2009.Шаблон:R

Vazquez feels passionate about middle-school students learning about climate change especially as she teaches in Florida where they are "seeing the dramatic impacts of a warming planet". She devotes two weeks a year to climate change, assigning her students to not only learn about it, but to seek out and understand why some people don't believe it is caused by humans.Шаблон:R

She also worked for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) from 2001 to 2009 as a Certification Council Member, Scoring Director, Science Portfolio Trainer, faculty member for the Development of National Mentoring Standards, Renewal Document Development team member, and portfolio development team member.

TIES

In 2013, she met Dawkins at the University of Miami, where she discussed evolution education with him. This and her belief that teachers learn the most from each other inspired her to conduct workshops on evolution for her fellow teachers.

Dawkins followed up with a visit to Vazquez's school in 2014 to speak to teachers from the Miami-Dade County school district. This encounter along with the encouragement of Dawkins and Robyn Blumner led to the beginnings, in 2015, of the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science. Vazquez sees TIES as not only about evolution education but also about empowering teachers to be leaders in their educational communities.Шаблон:RШаблон:R Since its inception, TIES has presented over 300 teacher professional development workshops in all 50 states.

Publications

• The book, On Teaching Evolution, was published in December 2021. Written by members of the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science who have tackled the topic of evolution in their classroom for decades, On Teaching Evolution offers practical advice and sample lesson plans for fellow science teachers.
• In June 2022, Bertha Vazquez translated the book, Breve Historia de 4 Mil Millones de Años: Entendiendo a Darwin, by Maria Jinich.
• Vazquez, Bertha & Landorf, Hilary & Simons-Lane, L. (2016). Next Door to Old Smokey: Engaging in Scientific Measurements and Public Action. Middle Level Learning. January/February 2016. 12–16.
• Vazquez, Bertha (2017) Helping Teachers Teach Evolution in the United States, Skeptical Inquirer Volume 41.3, May/June 2016
• Vazquez, Bertha (17 July 2017). "A state-by-state comparison of middle school science standards on evolution in the United States" Evolution: Education and Outreach. 10 (5)

External links

• The Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science
• Skeptical Inquirer column