Teaching Evolution in a Creation Nation Tapa blanda - 2016

University of Chicago Press, 2016-03-02. paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Ships quickly. Almost like new. Minimal shelf/reading wear. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

University of Chicago Press, 2016-03-03. Paperback. Used: Good.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2016. Paperback. New. 128 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. No fight over what gets taught in American classrooms is more heated than the battle over humanity's origins. For more than a century we have argued about evolutionary theory and creationism (and its successor theory, intelligent design), yet we seem no closer to a resolution than we were in Darwin's day. In this thoughtful examination of how we teach origins, historian Adam Laats and philosopher Harvey Siegel offer crucial new ways to think not just about the evolution debate but how science and religion can make peace in the classroom. Laats and Siegel agree with most scientists: creationism is flawed, as science. But, they argue, students who believe it nevertheless need to be accommodated in public school science classes. Scientific or not, creationism maintains an important role in American history and culture as a point of religious dissent, a sustained form of protest that has weathered a century of broad--and often dramatic--social changes. At the same… Leer más

University of Chicago Press, 2016-03-03. Paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.