In the News: Indiana teachers focusing more on evolution
- From: Jason Spaceman <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:00:29 -0500
From the article:----------------------------------------------------
Study finds change in attitude over time
By Anne Kibbler
The Herald-Times
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Ten years ago, high school biology teachers in
Indiana spent little time teaching students about evolution.
Despite controversy over the place of evolution instruction in the
classroom, there's been a shift in the Hoosier state: A new study
indicates teachers are devoting more, not less, time to incorporating
the concept of evolution into their lessons.
At the same time, the study says, Indiana universities' schools of
education could improve their preparation of science teachers on the
subject of evolution.
The study, by Indiana University doctoral student Lisa Donnelly, found
that instead of tacking evolution on at the end of a course or
discussing it in passing, teachers are making Darwin's theory a
central organizing principle in their classes.
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J. Spaceman
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