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SUMMARY:How should we deal with creationism in schools? - Professor Michae
 l Reiss (Institute of Education\, University of London)
DTSTART:20091012T160000Z
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CONTACT:Bryony Horsley-Heather
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT:*\n\nUntil recently\, little attention has been paid
  in the school classroom to creationism and almost none to intelligent des
 ign. However\, creationism and possibly intelligent design appear to be on
  the increase and there are indications that some schools are becoming bat
 tlegrounds over them. I begin by examining whether creationism and intelli
 gent design are controversial issues. I then examine whether the notion of
  ‘worldviews’ in the context of creationism is a useful one by conside
 ring the film March of the Penguins. I conclude that the ‘worldviews’ 
 perspective on creationism is useful for two reasons: first it indicates t
 he difficulty of using the criterion of reason to decide whether an issue 
 is controversial or not\; secondly\, it suggests that standard ways of add
 ressing the diversity of student views in a science classroom may be inade
 quate. I close by examining the implications of this view for teaching (i)
  in science lessons at secondary level\, (ii) in RE lessons at secondary l
 evel and (iii) at primary level where subject divisions cannot be made in 
 so clear-cut a manner.
LOCATION:GS4\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills
  Road\, Cambridge
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