Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
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Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#2I wonder if that was even an issue in the UK (or really everywhere except some parts of the US).
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#3This is very encouraging to see. While it would be nice to live in a world where this kind of policy wasn't necessary it is good to see UK taking this kind of thing seriously.
My sister is a English teacher and she shared with me how some of her senior students where not even being taught basic evolution in their science classes owing to the fact that much of the Science faculty were deeply religious.
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#4I very much doubt there were any UK schools teaching it anyway, hence this news is not really news this side of the pond. (Context for those in the US)
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#5I wonder if that was even an issue in the UK (or really everywhere except some parts of the US).
Yes, it was an issue in the UK. Our previous Government intentionally gave control of some state-funded schools to Christian fundamentalists with limited oversight and their schools have been teaching kids that the world is 6000 years old in science classes, complete with bogus scientific evidence for it. The current Government has been expanding this program.
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#6Politics. Religion. Valence issue. Why is this on the front page of HN? It shouldn't be; I flagged it.
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#7I very much doubt there were any UK schools teaching it anyway, hence this news is not really news this side of the pond. (Context for those in the US)
Also, this is just a clarification of an existing rule that already applied to most state schools, they are just re-stating it for some of the funding edge cases like acadamies and free schools. ref: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/06/18/secular-triumph-as...
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#8I wonder if that was even an issue in the UK (or really everywhere except some parts of the US).
Yes, it was an issue in the UK. Our previous Government intentionally gave control of some state-funded schools to Christian fundamentalists with limited oversight and their schools have been teaching kids that the world is 6000 years old in science classes, complete with bogus scientific evidence for it. The current Government has been expanding this program.
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Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#9I very much doubt there were any UK schools teaching it anyway, hence this news is not really news this side of the pond. (Context for those in the US)
There are ACE schools in the UK teaching creationism as science:
http://www.christian-education.org/christian-education/curri...
http://www.christian-education.org/schools/choosing-a-school...
Re: Teaching creationism as scientifically valid now banned in all UK public schools
#10I very much doubt there were any UK schools teaching it anyway, hence this news is not really news this side of the pond. (Context for those in the US)
There are ACE schools in the UK teaching creationism as science: http://www.christian-education.org/christian-education/curri... http://www.christian-education.org/schools/choosing-a-school...
Well OK it seems there are a handful, e.g
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2012/nov/30/...
... but I just wanted to highlight that the situation in the UK is generally very different to the USA.