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The situation may worsen, for less than half of pre-service elementary teachers accept Darwin's theory of evolution, and almost 90% of students preparing to teach science in elementary school (and 63% of students preparing to teach secondary science) want other views, including "the divine origin of life through special creation," to be taught with evolution (Kibbler 2001; also see Troost 1979).
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Our approach was unique in that multiple units of the course were taught with evolution as a foundation, and students may have been less resistant to evolution instruction because of this.
As the National Science Teachers Association observes in its position statement on the teaching of evolution, "Scientific disciplines with a historical component, such as astronomy, geology, biology, and anthropology, cannot be taught with integrity if evolution is not emphasized.
The LDS church sponsors BYU and urges that course subjects, including the theory of evolution, be taught with the same subject matter, rigor and data as other universities across the US (BYU Mission Statement; see Additional file 1: Appendix C).
By a 6-to-3 vote, the high court let stand a lower court ruling in Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education v. Freiler, which barred a Louisiana school board from requiring that the Darwinian theory of evolution only be taught with a disclaimer mentioning the biblical story of creation.
The first three units were taught with a foundation in evolution, in an effort to help students be less resistant to the content presented in the evolution unit.
In a study of college biology majors, Nehm and Reilly (2007) found that students who were taught with an active-learning strategy with evolution as a common thread through all the units exhibited significant decreases in misconception as opposed to students who were taught with a more traditional lecturing style with one discrete unit on evolution.
The theory of evolution is taught, with the caveat that it is wrong.
Debates over Darwinism became more pointed in 2005, however, as school districts considered teaching intelligent design, and President Bush stated that it should be taught along with evolution.
Some moderates balk at Mr. Huckabee's repeated defense of creationism and suggestion that it should be taught along with evolution in public schools.
Ms. Jacoby also blames religious fundamentalism's antipathy toward science, as she grieves over surveys that show that nearly two-thirds of Americans want creationism to be taught along with evolution.
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