Evolution, creationism, and the battle to control America's classrooms /

"Based on their survey of high school biology teachers, Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer show that it is individual educators who often make critical decisions about what children are taught about evolution"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berkman, Michael B., 1960-
Other Authors: Plutzer, Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Lyzeum Frankenhausen
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Human evolution > Study and teaching (Primary)
Creationism > Study and teaching (Primary)
Intelligent design (Teleology) > Study and teaching (Primary)
Êtres humains > Évolution > Étude et enseignement (Primaire)
Créationnisme > Étude et enseignement (Primaire)
Dessein intelligent > Étude et enseignement (Primaire)
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Kreationismus
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Who should decide what children are taught?
  • 2. The public speaks : "teach both"
  • 3. A nation divided by religion, education, and place
  • 4. Is evolution fit for polite company? : science standards in the American states
  • 5. Teachers and what they teach
  • 6. State standards meet street level bureaucracy
  • 7. When the personal becomes pedagogical
  • 8. Teachers in their schools and communities
  • 9. The battle for America's classrooms.

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