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- Indiana. // Reports of the National Center for Science Education;May-Aug2005, Vol. 25 Issue 3/4, p15
The article reports on the preparations of a group of Republican state representatives to introduce intelligent design legislation when the legislature reconvenes in early January 2006 in the United States. A questionnaire including a question about whether there should be equal time for...
- Faith Healers and Physicians – Teaching Pseudoscience by Mandate. Schwartz, Robert S. // New England Journal of Medicine;10/6/2005, Vol. 353 Issue 14, p1437
The article presents the author's views regarding intelligent design. He says that one has to trace the roots of intelligent design to understand why it constitutes a menace to medicine. He states that intelligent design is a medieval theological proposition based on faith but not logic and...
- Counterpoint: Evolution Should be the Only Theory Taught in Schools. Rich, Alex K.; Donnelly, Matt // Points of View: Teaching Evolution;3/1/2016, p3
The article presents an argument in support of teaching evolution in public schools in the U.S. It emphasizes the importance of teaching evolution to science students since it is said to be the only theory supported by facts, observations and speculation for explaining biology. The article also...
- "Intelligent Design" Documentary Expected to Spur Evolution Debate. // NSTA Reports!;Apr2008, Vol. 19 Issue 9, p18
The article highlights reports related to education in the U.S. The released of a controversial documentary on intelligent design (ID) debuting nationwide on April 18, 2008 at the Expelled Web site. The Center for Education Policy (CEP) has issued a report which confirmed suspicions of science...
- NEWS IN BRIEF. // Education Week;2/21/2007, Vol. 26 Issue 24, p24
The article presents news briefs related to U.S. education. The Kansas state board of education has approved evolution-friendly science standards, replacing standards that questioned the theory and had the support of "intelligent design" advocates. The New Hampshire state supreme court set a...
- A Perennial Debate. Smith, Bruce M. // Phi Delta Kappan;Dec2004, Vol. 86 Issue 4, p259
Focuses on the re-emergence of the debate between evolution and creation in education. Details of Segraves v. California, and "equal treatment" laws for creationism and evolution in Louisiana and Arkansas; Arguments made by anti-evolution activists, claiming evolution should be taught as a...
- W. Va. Rejects Effort To Add 'Intelligent Design' To Science Standards. // Church & State;Apr2003, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p18
Reports on West Virginia's rejection of efforts to add 'intelligent design' to science education standards. Scientists' rejection of the concept; Board of Education's requirement that students be tested only on evolution; Pressures exerted by the Intelligent Design Network, a neo-creationist...
- What They're Saying. // Curriculum Review;Mar2006, Vol. 45 Issue 7, p3
The article presents views from public figures and personalities on issues related to education and curriculum. In a ruling by federal judge John E Jones III, he opines that while intelligent arguments may be true, a proposition on which the court takes no position, intelligent design is not...
- The Relationships Between Paranormal Belief, Creationism, Intelligent Design and Evolution at Secondary Schools in Vienna (Austria). Eder, Erich; Turic, Katharina; Milasowszky, Norbert; Van Adzin, Katherine; Hergovich, Andreas // Science & Education;May2011, Vol. 20 Issue 5/6, p517
The present study is the first to investigate the relationships between a multiple set of paranormal beliefs and the acceptance of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design, respectively, in Europe. Using a questionnaire, 2,129 students at secondary schools in Vienna (Austria) answered the...
