Posted: Apr 08, 2015 5:27 pm
What's your view on this?
These don't seem like topics that would be better off taught by a religious or non religious person. The laws of Geometry and rules of grammar don't change because of the religious or non-religious mind set of the teacher. We are of course assuming that the teacher is trained and competent in the field. In my view the various topics covered in Social Studies course work are quite frequently subject to interpretation. A student challenged to think critically about such matters could sort out the teacher what ever his or her religious persuasion. We are also assuming the teacher is teaching the students to think critically about matters of history, government, etc. I suppose this is the good teacher verses bad teacher situation.
Thank you for your comments. I find this website forum interesting but I don't have a enough time to write very many of my own thoughts in detail. I discovered about 4 months ago that I could devote hours and hours that I don't have to these discussions. I am limiting my posts primarily to brief statements and inquiry.
Also, please endure my use of the mechanics of this forum as I am not a very computer literate old man. I hope I am using the quote function properly so that it makes sense to the rest of you. If there is an instruction page on this forum please let me know.
Thank you
These don't seem like topics that would be better off taught by a religious or non religious person. The laws of Geometry and rules of grammar don't change because of the religious or non-religious mind set of the teacher. We are of course assuming that the teacher is trained and competent in the field. In my view the various topics covered in Social Studies course work are quite frequently subject to interpretation. A student challenged to think critically about such matters could sort out the teacher what ever his or her religious persuasion. We are also assuming the teacher is teaching the students to think critically about matters of history, government, etc. I suppose this is the good teacher verses bad teacher situation.
Thank you for your comments. I find this website forum interesting but I don't have a enough time to write very many of my own thoughts in detail. I discovered about 4 months ago that I could devote hours and hours that I don't have to these discussions. I am limiting my posts primarily to brief statements and inquiry.
Also, please endure my use of the mechanics of this forum as I am not a very computer literate old man. I hope I am using the quote function properly so that it makes sense to the rest of you. If there is an instruction page on this forum please let me know.
Thank you