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Evolution and Religion in American Education
eBook - An Ethnography, Cultural Studies of Science Education
ISBN/EAN: 9789400718081
Umbreit-Nr.: 1842295
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 190 S., 1.87 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 03.08.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- <p><i>Evolution and Religion in American Education</i> shines a light into one of Americas dark educational corners, exposing the regressive pedagogy that can invade science classrooms when school boards and state overseers take their eyes off the ball. It sets out to examine the development of college students attitudes towards biological evolution through their lives. The fascinating insights provided by interviewing students about their world views adds up to a compelling case for additional scrutiny of the way young peoples educational experiences unfold as they considerand indeed in some cases rejectone of sciences strongest and most cogent theoretical constructs. Inevitably, open discussion and consideration of the theory of evolution can chip away at the mental framework constructed by Creationists, eroding the foundations of their faith. The conceptual battleground is so fraught with logical challenges to Creationist dogma that in a number of cases students exposure to such dangerous ideas is actively prevented. This book provides a detailed map of this astonishing struggle in todays Americaa struggle many had thought was done and dusted with the onset of the Enlightenment.</p>
- Kurztext
- <p>This book illuminates a dark educational corner in todays Americastudents classroom experiences as they consider, or are illegally prevented from considering, evolutionary theory. It attests to the existential anxieties the theorys cogency can engender.</p>