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Sanford Science Instructor Speaks at Seminars
Heather Foucault-Camm, Upper School science instructor, was an invited speaker at a day-long seminar entitled “Science and Religion: The Myth of Conflict”.
The event, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, was held on February 5, 2018, in New York City. Ms. Foucault-Camm also presented at a similar event in Baltimore, Maryland in 2017 and serves as a consultant for the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. Her areas of expertise include teaching contemporary issues in bioethics to high school students and facilitating argument-driven inquiry in the classroom.
Ms. Foucault-Camm has pursued the question of how to communicate the positive influence that a well-informed conscience can have on the practice of science. She is the author of a unique high school course, called “The Ethics of Science,” that challenges young people to examine all the possible ramifications of a given technological development. She continues to pose this question to her audiences: “At what point is science no longer a service to humanity?”
Additionally, Foucault-Camm was a featured Colloquium presenter with a speech entitled, “Science, Society, and Spirituality: Encouraging Young People to Examine Advancements in Science.” She used this presentation to explore strategies and share insights designed to help educators apply an argument-driven inquiry model to help enable young people to critically evaluate key developments in biotechnology. Ms. Foucault-Camm elaborated: “By engaging young people in ‘big picture’ discussions on an array of scientific issues, I believe they can be guided to conclude that science serves humanity only when it is envisioned through the lens of a sound well-informed conscience.”
Foucault-Camm joined Sanford’s faculty in the fall of 2017. She holds masters' degrees in physical chemistry and education from the Universities of Ottawa (Canada) and Leeds (United Kingdom) and is currently pursuing an MA with a specialization in bioethics.
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Ms. Foucault-Camm has pursued the question of how to communicate the positive influence that a well-informed conscience can have on the practice of science. She is the author of a unique high school course, called “The Ethics of Science,” that challenges young people to examine all the possible ramifications of a given technological development. She continues to pose this question to her audiences: “At what point is science no longer a service to humanity?”
Additionally, Foucault-Camm was a featured Colloquium presenter with a speech entitled, “Science, Society, and Spirituality: Encouraging Young People to Examine Advancements in Science.” She used this presentation to explore strategies and share insights designed to help educators apply an argument-driven inquiry model to help enable young people to critically evaluate key developments in biotechnology. Ms. Foucault-Camm elaborated: “By engaging young people in ‘big picture’ discussions on an array of scientific issues, I believe they can be guided to conclude that science serves humanity only when it is envisioned through the lens of a sound well-informed conscience.”
Foucault-Camm joined Sanford’s faculty in the fall of 2017. She holds masters' degrees in physical chemistry and education from the Universities of Ottawa (Canada) and Leeds (United Kingdom) and is currently pursuing an MA with a specialization in bioethics.
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