Posted by 10derHeart on September 6, 2005, at 11:05:52
In reply to Re: Evolutionary Theory and Creationism » alexandra_k, posted by JenStar on September 6, 2005, at 10:40:06
>> Maybe the class could focus not so much on how to evaluate all the theories...but focus on what the theories ARE. Just to inform and educate. Later on, the kids could learn how to evaluate as they get better at interpretation, and take more science and philosophy classes.
That's what I wanted to describe in my post. My class was just like this. My teacher did a remarkable job of keeping his personal views out of it. To this day I have no memory of them, or of him or any other high school teacher stepping outside boundaries there. Guess I could have forgotten, true, but remembering what I do about him/them, teaching styles, the overall "tone" of my school, etc., I think they were dedicated to getting the information out there because ..... I do recall vaguely (I AM getting old...)a lot of unanswered questions.
Like when a student dug down deeper and ultimately wanted to know, "well, what's true then?", or "What's the right answer, Mr.B.?" teachers would just smile, shrug and say, "Those are hard questions, aren't they? People take lifetimes thinking about them."
It seemed to work. I'd hate to think because something is hard and touchy, we can never even attempt it. Maybe better to give it every effort, then closely monitor those entrusted with the teaching...? I know I'm making it sound a LOT simpler than it is...don't envy schools at all. I'd imagine parents would do the monitoring for the school, in many cases, and you'd hear within hours when personal agendas of ANY type might be emerging....:-)
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