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Should We Teach Evolution as a Sensitive Issue?
That’s what priest and professor of science education Michael Reiss argues.
Great Idea: Let Students Debate Evolution!
If standard Darwinian theory is really as ironclad as we are commanded to assume, then the exercise should reinforce belief in evolution.
Education or Obfuscation? Avida in Science Class
You might think teaching about evolution in public schools is already about as misleading as it can be. Then, you find, it gets worse.
Biology Teacher Neglects to Airbrush Darwin
Public high school biology teacher and Seattle area resident Doug Cowan has a fine piece in today’s Christian Science Monitor discussing how he encourages his students to think critically by exposing them to both the strengths and weaknesses of modern evolutionary theory. He begins: I am a public high school biology teacher, and I do an unusual thing. I teach my students more than they have to know about evolution. I push them to behave like competent jurors – not just to swallow what some authority figure tells them to believe – not even me – but rather to critically analyze, with an open mind, the evidence set before them. The full essay is here. And there’s more on how Read More ›