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Cowardice, Creationism and Science Education: University Presidents

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kjsimons
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04-06-2005 10:57 AM 		Reply to: Message 8 by JonF
04-06-2005 10:43 AM

From the link in your message
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(3) Students have a right to expect that their academic
freedom and the quality of their education will not be infringed
upon by instructors who persistently introduce controversial
matter into the classroom or coursework that has no relation to
the subject of study and serves no legitimate pedagogical
purpose.
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Looks like you can teach things that contradict someone's religion, as long as it pertains to the "subject of study".
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(6) Faculty and instructors have a right to academic
freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects, but they
should make their students aware of serious scholarly viewpoints
other than their own and should encourage intellectual honesty,
civil debate, and critical analysis of ideas in the pursuit of
knowledge and truth.
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It appears that the faculty only has to make students "aware of serious scholarly viewpoints", so creationism and ID don't qualify and don't have to be included in a science classroom discussion.
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04-06-2005 11:30 AM 		Reply to: Message 11 by Chiroptera
04-06-2005 11:19 AM

I agree that this is an attempt by the conseratives to further mess up our education system, I'm just not sure that it will really have much effect.
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