Atla Sponsorship – ITEST Webinar
Atla is proud to be a sponsor of the February 24th ITEST webinar “Teaching Research Processes,” with presenters William Badke and Dr. Stacy Trasancos from 9:00 am – 11:00 am CT on February 24
According to their website,
The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST) is an association of theologians, scientists and others committed to a Catholic world view in which faith and science collaborate in exploring the truth. ITEST explores truth theologically in the wisdom traditions of the human community and in the data studied in the sciences.
Below is information about the speakers and their abstracts for the webinar, originally published on the ITEST event website.
William Badke
Engaging Faculty in Teaching Research Processes
Mr. Badke’s Abstract
Today’s information landscape, whether popular or scholarly, has been radically transformed by the World Wide Web. This has provided significant benefits to human freedoms, education, and development. Yet our knowledge base overall is uneven in quality and possesses a significant power to mislead us. Yet academia has failed to understand that today’s education must include a strong program that will increase the ability of students to handle information and do research. This is not a remedial task but a detailed one that is akin to learning a new language. To achieve these student skills, faculty members in concert with librarians, must rethink the way they educate their students. This is an urgent matter in the theological setting where searching for and knowing the truth is paramount.
Stacy A. Trasancos, Ph.D
How to Research Scientific Literature in the Light of Faith
Dr. Trasancos’s Abstract
This brief presentation will show you how to navigate scientific literature that is published in global scientific journals by scientists in various fields so that you can determine for yourself the research methods and conclusions. Often in the faith and science dialogue, secondary sources in popular magazines or news outlets present a biased version of the scientific literature. A Catholic scholar can more accurately assess scientific claims by reading the scientific literature him- or herself. The reports are much easier to navigate once you understand their structure. If you can read Aristotle and Aquinas, you can read modern scientific papers.
Register for the event on the ITEST website.
Note: there is a $10 webinar fee to attend.
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