Category: Education
In Massachusetts, Spreading Myths About Academic Freedom Legislation
In those few paragraphs, there’s a great deal of misinformation about academic freedom laws, how they harm science teaching and imperil students and educators.
National Science Teaching Association Censors Open Inquiry, Stonewalls When Questioned
Imagine, the major U.S. science teachers group used security guards to stop a scheduled speaker from speaking and to hustle him out of the premises.
Michael Keas: Improving Science Education by Understanding Science’s History
A science historian advises teachers that “science is best taught as science is best practiced.”
Teaching About Intelligent Design at Hong Kong Baptist University
Ironically, our students may have more intellectual freedom in China to pursue the truth than they would have in many universities in the United States.
Should We Teach Evolution as a Sensitive Issue?
That’s what priest and professor of science education Michael Reiss argues.