CREATIONISM IN THE
SCIENCE CLASSROOM?

Thursday, June 16, 2011, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

The principles of evolution inform much of the teaching and research in biology at the college level. However, some people are strongly opposed to the teaching of evolution in public schools. What is your take on this topic? Join us in conversation with Nick Gotelli, Professor, Community Ecologist, Department of Biology, UVM.

Here are some questions to get you thinking about the topic:

1. How should the curriculum and content of science courses be determined?
2. Should controversial content be part of the school curriculum or should it be avoided entirely?
3. Do the answers to these questions depend on whether we are talking about public versus private schools, or colleges versus grade schools?
4. Do opposing viewpoints always merit consideration?
5. How do educators decide upon course content and choose textbooks?
6. To what extent should popular public opinion or mandated government standards determine educational content?

Read more about these questions on our website.
 

Café Scientifique is being webcast by VPT, through a partnership with ECHO and Vermont EPSCoR, and their science-based programs:
Café Scientifique and Emerging Science.

Use your Twitter account to interact with the live audience at ECHO, and submit questions to the speaker: