The patterns of hesitant support to evolution by the educators of prospective teachers, due to a deficient understanding of science and the evolutionary process, combined with high religiosity, are concerning since these educators are responsible for mentoring prospective teachers.
Not only is our culture deficient in factual science literacy, but it also lacks a basic understanding of scientific method and practice.
"People don't seem to come in with the right skill sets to work in modern manufacturing," Mr. Mishek said, complaining that job applicants were often deficient in computer, mathematics, science and accounting skills.
It's almost like their impoverished upbringing placed such little importance on learning that their current understanding of basic physical science is deficient.
While intelligence-gathering is as much art as science, we have proved deficient in both domains.
But because the science underlying alternative theories is deficient, many educators argued that such legislation was simply a back door to teaching religion in science classes.
The National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific organization, has surveyed the field of forensic science and found it grossly deficient.
Dr. Jacobson contended in the 1950's that much science education in primary and secondary schools was deficient, and that too few scientists and engineers were being trained.
The topics removed from the curriculum included English, social sciences and history, in all of which Haig later proved deficient.
The NRC study finds current practices not just seriously deficient but also an actual threat to the nation's supremacy in the life sciences.
