Comments on: Free Online Textbook for Science Teachers: NAS’ “Science, Evolution, and Creationism”

By: Education - Change.org: Sunday Rant: On the Evils of "Schooliness"

Education - Change.org: Sunday Rant: On the Evils of "Schooliness" — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:40:07 +0000

[...] Bulgaria is, per capita, more scientifically literate than America about biology, geology, and genetics – and when even science teachers are afraid of the [...]

By: A Sunday Science Sermon | Beyond School

A Sunday Science Sermon | Beyond School — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:54:52 +0000

[...] know this data is 15 years old, but more recent data from 2005, as I’ve reported before, shows “that the United States ranks next to last in acceptance of evolution theory among [...]

By: online science textbook gr. 7 - Dogpile Web Search

online science textbook gr. 7 - Dogpile Web Search — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:17:02 +0000

[...] 3 teachers in a school. Sponsored by: http://www.teacherease.com/ • Found on Ads by Google Free Online Textbook for Science Teachers: NAS’ "Science, Evolution … Free Online Textbook for Science Teachers: NAS’ “Science … with our middle school (grades 7 [...]

By: “What is Schooliness?” - Overview and Open Thread | Beyond School

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:12:56 +0000

[...] Bulgaria is, per capita, more scientifically literate than America about biology, geology, and genetics – and when even science teachers are afraid of the [...]

By: “What is Schooliness?” - Discursus and Open Thread (Clay Burell guest-post 2) » Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:16:15 +0000

[...] Bulgaria is, per capita, more scientifically literate than America about biology, geology, and genetics – and when even science teachers are afraid of the [...]

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:33:33 +0000

Nice find. I'll be taking a close look and reviewing it for Sciencebase in the near future, although you pretty much sum up all that needs to be said. db David Bradley's last blog post..Nature’s Missing Crystal - Found It!

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:52:01 +0000

Diane, thanks for the info. I'm glad to hear that in New York state, students are introduced to the concept of evolution fairly early! The approach your colleague takes when introducing evolution is similar to what I do. I've actually had a few creationist students take my course so that they had a better understanding of 'the other side'. As a grad student I had the experience of leading a tutorial for a 4th year course on Evolutionary Ecology. One of the students had done his prior schooling at a baptist university. It was interesting to see how his attitude changed over the duration of the course. At one of the early tutorials he scoffed at the idea that humans and fish shared a common ancestor. He was a smart student though, and as the course progressed it was clear in the tutorials, his assignments, and his discussions with me that he was more and more conflicted about evolution. He could no longer dismiss evolution outright, even though it went against everything that he had learned prior to the course. There was just too much scientific evidence. Claire's last blog post..Tools Are Important (but they?re still just tools)