So you are learning to teach Science. What if you were to teach in the US and part of the perscribed course is evolution. Would you teach it? Would you teach it well? Would you also teach ID or even Young Earth? Even if you were told not to?
Originally posted by XanthosNZ So you are learning to teach Science. What if you were to teach in the US and part of the perscribed course is evolution. Would you teach it? Would you teach it well? Would you also teach ID or even Young Earth? Even if you were told not to?
I would teach Science. I don't regard "Evolution" (macroevolution) as Science in the sense that it is has never been observed and redemonstrated to have happened.
edit: I would most definately not tell the kids that Evolution is a fact, if I were told to do so...
Originally posted by dj2becker I would teach Science. I don't regard "Evolution" (macroevolution) as Science in the sense that it is has never been observed and redemonstrated to have happened.
Good day to you again. This is interesting. As a scientist, could you tell me what a high-school science curriculum should include?
Originally posted by dj2becker I would teach Science. I don't regard "Evolution" (macroevolution) as Science in the sense that it is has never been observed and redemonstrated to have happened.
edit: I would most definately not tell the kids that Evolution is a fact, if I were told to do so...
I have no idea where you pulled that definition of Science from.
So you are saying that you would refuse to teach to the syllabus if it included Evolution?
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage Good day to you again. This is interesting. As a scientist, could you tell me what a high-school science curriculum should include?
I would probably include all Science that can be taught from a Biblical perspective.
Originally posted by dj2becker [b]I have no idea where you pulled that definition of Science from.
Well the first step of the scientific method: Observation.
Has anyone observed macroevolution?
So you are saying that you would refuse to teach to the syllabus if it included Evolution?
I said that I would not teach Evolution as a fact. I would most probably highlight all its weaknesses.[/b]
Scientific Method: A method of discovering knowledge based in making falsifiable predictions, testing them empirically, and preferring the simplest explanation that fits the known data.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage Go on...what science goes under that umbrella?
It would probably include all Science, except of course when it comes to origins I feel that the TOE does NOT sufficiently give all the answers. I would probably teach it is a Theory and highlight all its shortcomings.
Originally posted by dj2becker It would probably include all Science, except of course when it comes to origins I feel that the TOE does sufficiently give all the answers. I would probably teach it is a Theory and highlight all its shortcomings.
And you would do the same if you take that sentence and replace TOE with creationism?