Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms. - BERKMAN, MICHAEL B.|ERIC PLUTZER
KORTE INHOUD
Who should decide what children are taught in school? This question lies at the heart of the evolution-creation wars that have become a regular feature of the U.S. political landscape. Ever since the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial" many have argued that the people should decide by majority rule and through political institutions; others variously point to the federal courts, educational experts, or scientists as the ideal arbiter. Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer illuminate who really controls the nation's classrooms. Based on their innovative survey of 926 high school biology teachers they show that the real power lies with individual educators who make critical decisions in their own classrooms. Broad teacher discretion sometimes leads to excellent instruction in evolution. But the authors also find evidence of strong creationist tendencies in America's public high schools. More generally, they find evidence of a systematic undermining of science and the scientific method in many classrooms.
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2010Uitgever: Cambridge University Press304 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521148863ISBN-13: 9780521148863Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: xvi, 288pp. Very fuine copy - as new. Cambridge-New York, Cambridge University Press 2010 [Auteur: BERKMAN, MICHAEL B./ERIC PLUTZER] [Jaar: 2010] [Titel: Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control America's Classrooms.]
