Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
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Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#2Now we just need the rest of the world to follow suit.
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#3Now we just need the rest of the world to follow suit.
Is that really a thing in the rest of the world? I thought it was mostly the US, and even there mostly the homeschooling thing.
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#4Now we just need the rest of the world to follow suit.
Is that really a thing in the rest of the world? I thought it was mostly the US, and even there mostly the homeschooling thing.
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#5There was a case last year in England where a religious school removed questions on evolution from exam papers: "The examinations body, OCR, says it was satisfied that the girls did not have an unfair advantage. It now plans to allow the practice" [0].
[0] "Jewish school redacts exam to remove evolution questions" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26437882
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#6As it should be, in Science class it is only allowed scientific material
It would be a good thing to argument why creationism is an scientific material and should be allowed in an Science class after voting
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that really a thing in the rest of the world? I thought it was mostly the US, and even there mostly the homeschooling thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_and_evolution_in_publi...
From a cursory look at this, it appears that it indeed is not a thing in most of the world.
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#8Now we just need the rest of the world to follow suit.
Is that really a thing in the rest of the world? I thought it was mostly the US, and even there mostly the homeschooling thing.
That's also my perspective. I grew up in Mexico, a very Catholic country and I went to a private Catholic school and we had religious classes and science classes. The content of both wasn't mixed, we had "brothers" giving the religious ones, and real scientists (Chemists, Biologists) giving the science ones. Even priests conceded that the Genesis story was a metaphor.
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#9Now we just need the rest of the world to follow suit.
Is that really a thing in the rest of the world? I thought it was mostly the US, and even there mostly the homeschooling thing.
To be clear, despite the current story, it's not really a thing in Scotland or the UK either. I think this was prompted by some American faith groups getting involved in some schools in Scotland. The reason they weren't previously banned is because no-one thought it would come up.
Re: Creationism Banned from Science Classes by Scottish Government
#10Now we just need the rest of the world to follow suit.
Is that really a thing in the rest of the world? I thought it was mostly the US, and even there mostly the homeschooling thing.
Not so much homeschooling specifically as Christian, mostly Protestant, political conservatives (often theologically fundamentalist, but not exclusively). Sometimes they also homesick as a reaction to content in public schools, but in many places in the US they've been fairly successful in dominating school authorities at the local and even state level and directing the curriculum.
But American religious/political activist groups often work to expiry their views overseas as well and implement similar policies -- there's been some attention to that on anti-gay policies, but pro-creationism features some of the same tactics.