There are two main areas within the Pataphysics website. These include two
ongoing projects, both with blog entries and support podcasts as the central
focus.
The
GS Project part of the
pataphysics.net.au website relates to a cross-disciplinary study of the Generational Spaceship (GS) in Science Fiction, aimed at Year 9 students studying the Australian Curriulum: English,
but also incorporating content and content descriptions from Science, Technology and Visual Arts. This topic is treated in more depth within the mySF Project but also out on an EduBlog,
in Vimeo flipped lessons and through the development of a GS disaster simulator based in selected readings within the subgenre. Interested? Please click here to travel to that section.
The
mySF Project looks at the
teaching of Science Fiction (SF) to secondary students. Based in models
taught in Canberra, Australia and using a computer-supported learning
environment, the
mySF Project
presents flexible learning content and assessment tasks to secondary
students. The
mySF Project seeks to
collaborate with other teachers of SF around the world and also presents
some useful ideas, reviews, interviews and texts through the online
curriculum content as well as the
mySF Project blog and its
linked
mySF podcasts.
The Pataphysics website is named in honour of great, past and present
pataphysicians
including the genius who coined the term,
Alfred Jarry. To use
a pataphor, this website is like stately grazing mammals (such as
kangaroos) in an alpine meadow where one disputes territory and then, after
perfunctory negotiations, select detachments of infantry pick their way
through a barren terrain spotted with unexploded cluster bombs towards No
Man's Land. Please comment on this website or the projects found here through the
contacts in the
mySF Project
contacts page. Your input is always welcome.
