Can you insist on critical thinking in one content area, and then demand that another be taught only as a factual pursuit? Well, that's what some legislators in the Florida Senate believe. A bill was introduced on February 27, 2009 into the Florida Senate relating to...
Legislators in several states believe that laws need to be passed to ensure that students are engaged in critical thinking activities. However, the legislators have limited their own thinking, and have selected specific scientific theories that should be examined...
In this month's Scientific American there is a very interesting article written by Glenn Branch & Eugenie C. Scott entitled The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom. There are three key ideas in the article, and they highlight the controversies that have...
In June 2008, the Governor of Louisiana signed the Louisiana Science Education Act into law which supports the Trojan Horse of using critical thinking as a way to creak open the door for the teaching of Creationism and Intelligent Design as part of science teaching....
In June 2008, the Governor of Louisiana signed the Louisiana Science Education Act into law which supports the Trojan Horse of using critical thinking as a way to creak open the door for the teaching of Creationism and Intelligent Design as part of science teaching....
I've written several posts over the past several years about the teaching of and opposition to teaching evolution. Right now, there is evidence that the resistance to teach evolution is fading, although, if history is helpful, this lack of resistance will not last...
