Tag: Science Education Policy

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Alabama, creation science, creationism, Discovery Institute, educators, Edwards v. Aguillard, Indiana, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, lawsuits, legislators, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Mississippi, persecution, policymakers, politicization, public education, religious beliefs, Science Education Policy, scientific theories, strengths and weaknesses, Supreme Court, Tennessee, West Virginia}

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024

Evolution, Science Education

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West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, American Scientist, anti-evolution, anti-science, China, COVID-19, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, mutations, pandemic, public education, Science Education Policy, scientific evidence}

Darwinist: ID Could Have Redeemed Itself by Leaping to Prejudged Conclusion on COVID-19

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Weighing the validity of ID, not by distorting its conclusions or imputing false intentions to it, is what evolutionary biology has largely refused to do. Read More ›

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Date
July 20, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, biology teachers, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, critical thinking, Discovery Institute, education, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), podcast, Robert Crowther, Sarah Chaffee, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, survey}

Censors Claim Teachers “Advocate Evolution” More Now Than in 2007 — Don’t Believe It

_{Science and Culture
July 20, 2020

Science Education

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How likely are biology teachers with doubts about Darwinism to participate in a survey by an organization instrumental in attacking Darwin-doubting teachers? Read More ›

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Date
April 5, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ann Reid, climate change, Discovery Institute, education, equity, Evolution News, Jay Labov, Joseph Levine, K-12 education, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), rigor, science, Science Education Policy, Seattle, STEM education, students}

Where’s the Rigor? A Report from the Seattle AAAS Meeting

_{Science and Culture
April 5, 2020

Science Education

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Ultimately, Discovery Institute’s Science Education Policy is about sharpening students’ ability to interact critically with ideas in science. Read More ›

Students and teacher in a computer classroom.

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 2, 2019

Categories
Metascience
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, accuracy, Discovery Institute, diversity, doubt, education, evolutionary theory, Nature (journal), openness, post-trust, post-truth, science denial, science education, Science Education Policy, scientific inquiry, scientific reliability, scientists, strengths and weaknesses, Thomas Kuhn, United Kingdom}

Breakthrough? Nature Calls for Openness in Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 2, 2019

Metascience, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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“Diversity and doubt produce creativity; we must make room for them,” according to Jerry Ravetz. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 29, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Christians, Discovery Institute, evolution, First Amendment, free speech, homework, Jews, legislation, Ohio, pedagogy, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, U.S. Constitution, Washington Post}

Fact and Fiction: Ohio Bill Stirs Needless Alarm

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 29, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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This proposed law largely echoes the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment on free speech (including on religious matters). Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, Establishment Clause, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Michael Behe, natural genetic engineering, neo-Darwinian, public education, Royal Society, Rutgers University, Science Education Policy, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, University of Chicago}

Rutgers University Law Journal Advocates “Intelligence-Based Alternatives” to Darwinism

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 16, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

3}

May a teacher let students know what evolutionary biologists had to say about their own field at the November 2016 Royal Society meeting? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 12, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, competition, curriculum, debate, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, fire, Forensics, homework, memorization, pedagogy, persuasion, science, Science Education Policy, Supreme Court}

Evolution Education — A Debater’s Perspective

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 12, 2018

Science Education

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William Butler Yeats noted, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 11, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, debate, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Granville Sewell, health, India, Israel, Natural History Museum, prosperity, Richard Owen, schoolchildren, science, science curricula, Science Education Policy, The American Spectator, Turkey}

U.K. Museum Director Calls for Venerating Evolution as “Irrefutable”

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 11, 2018

Science Education

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The highest calling for a great museum like Dixon’s is not to be a refuge. It is to be a portal — a portal for scientific discovery. Read More ›

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Date
August 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Biomimetics, coding, computer science, Darwinism, DNA, education, evolution, Harvard University, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, Next Generation Science Standards, Northwestern University, protein synthesis, proteins, public education, schools, Science Advances, Science Education Policy, stem, synthetic biology, transcription, translation, Wyss Institute}

Biomimetics Moves STEM Education in an Intriguing Direction

_{Science and Culture
August 16, 2018

Biology, Engineering, Science Education

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An initiative by a major biomimetics lab to prepare students for careers in STEM introduces them to biological coding. Read More ›