Article on Biology Teachers and Creationism

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From: Jo Falcon (jofalcon@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2001 - 14:59:39 PST 

Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 14:59:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Jo Falcon <jofalcon@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Article on Biology Teachers and Creationism
Message-ID: <Pine.GSU.4.10.10110291444560.8726-100000@isaac>

The 25th anniversary issue of the _Skeptical Inquirer_, now in the
Learning Studio, features an article many of you will find interesting, if
depressing: "Educational Malpractice: Why do so many biology teachers
endorse creationism?" Author Randy Moore looks at "why we've done such a
poor job of teaching students about evolution" and how this undercuts
science education in general by de-emphasizing the scientific method and
the concept of provability. There's a very detailed bibliography, as
well.

I've made a reference photocopy to be available in the Learning Studio if
the full magazine is out on loan. Unfortunately, publisher CSICOP
(Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal --
pronounced 'psi-cop') -- doesn't post the current issue to its website at
http://www.csicop.org/ , but the article should appear there in four
months. Meanwhile, there's an index to the articles that -are- online
from back issues. Good resource!

Jo Falcon, MLIS
The Exploratorium Learning Studio
415 561-0343
"We unscrew the inscrutable."

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