{"id":756,"date":"2008-10-26T22:29:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T02:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=756"},"modified":"2008-12-08T20:09:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T00:09:17","slug":"tears-over-evolution-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Tears over evolution in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a story out of Georgia<\/a> (h\/t to PZ<\/a>) that is mighty interesting. As part of a two-day public symposium event, area teachers attended a workshop focused on the challenges of teaching evolution. There are quite a few war stories to swap out there!<\/p>\n

Some students burst into tears when a high school biology told them they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be studying evolution. Another teacher said some students repeatedly screamed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when he began talking about it.<\/p>\n

Other teachers said students demanded to know whether they pray and questioned why the had to learn about evolution if it was just a theory.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen churches train students to come to school with specific questions to ask to sabotage my lessons,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bonnie Pratt, a biology teacher at Northview High in north Fulton County. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need parents and the community to understand why and how we teach evolution.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the Emory University webpage<\/a> about this workshop. Here is a story about what the keynote speaker<\/a> E.O. Wilson had to say.<\/p>\n

Last week a few members of Florida Citizens for Science gave presentations concerning evolution education at the Florida Association of Science Teachers. Jonathan Smith reports that some folks approached him and the other FCS presenters to ask about having an event similar to the Georgia one. No promises, but we will see what we can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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