Opening up the controversy about teaching creation/evolution: Essay by Joachim Allgaier (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK). Intro: "An issue that is reported on periodically in the news since the Scopes Trial in the USA in the 1920s is the difference between scientists’ explanations of the emergence of mankind and the Earth and the seemingly opposing explanations of religious groups and how this issue is tackled in compulsory science education. This debate is often dubbed the 'Creation vs. Evolution' controversy. Variations of this debate have been reported in e.g. the USA, Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, Brazil among others and more recently the debate about teaching creationist theories alongside evolution theories in a couple of faith schools in England. The news reports were not only about what was happening in their own country, but also about the situation in other countries. Investigating issues like these it is quite surprising to find out that not much research has been done yet on the relationships between education and the media or connections between education and religion. Before we dive deeper into this debate, I would like to remark that the intention of this paper is not to support or to promote any particular way of teaching any accounts of the origin of humans and the Earth. With a background in science studies the nature of this account of the so-called ‘Evolution vs. Creation’ Controversy is exploratory and tries to start from a symmetrical point of view, which means that none of the opposing groups or viewpoints will be granted a more truthful position from start. The aim of this exploration is rather to open up some complexities of this debate instead of narrowing down this particular debate to a simplified account. I am going to illustrate the case of Emmanuel College based on newspaper reports." Link
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