Posted: Apr 27, 2015 5:22 pm
Interesting. I knew of a high school science teacher who gave evidence for and against the theory of evolution in class but never mentioned God, the Bible, or anything religious at all. He claims that he just took the theory itself to task purely on scientific grounds and called the whole idea into question. Would you call that giving multiple perspective? I know that a meeting with that teacher,a disgruntled parent and school administrators was called and the teacher was asked to account for his actions. He still kept his postion as a science teacher even though some argued that the theory itself was not to challenged in the classroom.
Two years latter at the same school a senior boy wrote his graduation thesis and presented it to a panel of teachers and others from the community. Such a project and presentation on an approved topic of the students choice was a graduation requirement at that time time. The thesis was a full rebuttle of the theory of evolution on scientific grounds, and the boy concluded that "The theory of evolution was nothing more than philosophical dogma and utterly unscientific". I read the paper and the boy gave absolutely nothing religious at all. The teachers and panel approved the thesis and the boy graduated in the top 10% of his class. This was followed by a huge fallout by faculty and administration, the involvement of the teachers union, school board and a verbal threat of legal action that was never acted upon. Two years after that the school stopped requiring a senior thesis for graduation.
It seems that this topic sparks great controversy no mater what, how or who presents it in a school setting.
Two years latter at the same school a senior boy wrote his graduation thesis and presented it to a panel of teachers and others from the community. Such a project and presentation on an approved topic of the students choice was a graduation requirement at that time time. The thesis was a full rebuttle of the theory of evolution on scientific grounds, and the boy concluded that "The theory of evolution was nothing more than philosophical dogma and utterly unscientific". I read the paper and the boy gave absolutely nothing religious at all. The teachers and panel approved the thesis and the boy graduated in the top 10% of his class. This was followed by a huge fallout by faculty and administration, the involvement of the teachers union, school board and a verbal threat of legal action that was never acted upon. Two years after that the school stopped requiring a senior thesis for graduation.
It seems that this topic sparks great controversy no mater what, how or who presents it in a school setting.