Roundup Florida Science Standards
Wesley Elsberry has provided a roundup of his posts on the Florida science standards. Note that the vote on these will be February 19.
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And on the Other Side: Merit Pay for Teachers
ByhenryI marked this story a couple of days ago. In my view, merit pay is such an obvious idea, not to mention merit hiring, merit promotion, and lack-of-merit firing, that I don’t see why it would be controversial, except, of course, amongst those who lack merit. But there is one valid area of controversy–measuring merit….
Rejecting a Creationist Museum Challenge
ByhenryIn A Tale of Two Museums the Evangelical Ecologist gives the following challenge to those of us who are Christians and accept the theory of evolution. (Yeah, that’s why we use “theistic evolutionist”–it takes less time to type!): But clearly its not a scientific method thats being debated here, though I suppose thats part of…
Evolutionary Links
ByhenryJames McGrath has an interesting crop of evolutionary links from the blogosphere today.
Florida Citizens for Science Blog on Standards
ByhenryBrandon Haught has blogged much of the discussion on the Florida Citizens for Science Blog. My previous post is here. I doubt the standards opponents would have gone to such trouble over the word “theory” if they didn’t intend some underhanded tactics based on the popular definition as curriculum is developed and textbooks are chosen.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Creation-Evolution Controversy
ByhenryMy sister e-mail me a link to this article on to me via e-mail. Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries particularly the United States and his native Germany between creationism and evolution was an absurdity, saying that evolution can coexist with faith. The pontiff, speaking as he was concluding…
The Danger in Uncritical Thinking
ByhenryThree posts today called my attention to the problem of uncritical thinking amongst Christians. This is a topic I bring up frequently. It’s not that I believe those who think critically will automatically agree with me. I’ve had to revise some of my own opinions after thinking critically about them at a later date. But…