Professor Dawn Bazely was on a podcast which was truly inspiration and very interesting to listen to. Among all the advice that she stated, her experiences through school to reach to the point she is at now. I loved a specific quote which she strongly believes in. She stated a quote from Albert Einstein: “If you cant explain it to a 6 year old then you don’t understand it.”
The world is huge! Step out, explore and apply your knowledge…
She expanded on it by stating that it a variation of the principle attributing to making this very clear. This expanded on an incidence that occurred with her teaching as a professor. She asked students to state the definition of ecology and experienced that most students attributed to a “textbook definition.” Most people generally choose to memorize knowledge which is presented opposed to truly taking out time in understanding what it means. She explained that such definitions are very passive because when you truly understand something, you are able to explain “what it means.”
She then proceeded to explain that “science is about action and stuff.” I think this is truly important as to genuinely understand and explore a field an individual should step out of simple knowledge and be able to explore & apply it. An individual only truly learns when they are able to apply their knowledge and further explain it in different situations and through various problems.
Give a listen to the podcast, the link is attached below!
Episode 174: Dr. Dawn Bazely: Investigating the Intriguing Interactions between Animals and Plants: http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-dawn-bazely/
The quote was stated by Professor Dawn Bazely at 13:20.
Professor Dawn Bazely explained her ecology experience with students at 8:20 to 9:50.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 