{"id":7156,"date":"2014-02-24T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=7156"},"modified":"2014-03-10T13:54:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T13:54:41","slug":"2014feb24teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2014feb24teach\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach children creation, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Children should be taught about creationism in science lessons to avoid alienating those of strong faith, according to new research, reports The Times.<\/span><\/p>\n

A study by academics at the University of York claims creationism should be tackled by science teachers in order to engage their religious pupils.<\/p>\n

The study, reported in the Times Educational Supplement, said students with a strong faith were likely to be turned off science because it does not correspond with their own outlook on life. The findings contradict the views of the educational and political elite, which says any discusion of creation has no place in biology lessons.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo avoid alienating students, understanding evolution should be emphasised instead of accepting it,\u201d the study said. \u201cIf the topic is presented insensitively, students may feel compelled to choose between science and deep-rooted religious beliefs. Rather than asking whether religious views should be covered in science lessons, the question is can we afford not to talk about them?\u201d<\/p>\n

Researchers questioned more than 200 14-16 year olds who attended four secondary schools \u2014 one Christian faith-based, one non-faith with majority Muslim catchment zones and two non-faiths with mixed catchment zones.<\/p>\n

The study found that most Muslim students believed that humans were \u201ccreated by God pretty much in their current form\u201d. More than half those at the Christian school also thought there had been some divine involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t for a moment say you should teach creationism in science, but you could certainly talk about evolution in the context of when Darwin first published his ideas, when it was challenging the religious orthodoxy,\u201d said Pam Hanley, research fellow at the University of York\u2019s Institute for Effective Education.<\/p>\n

Michael Reiss, Professor of Science Education at the University of London\u2019s Institute of Education, said the study revealed that the number of students who did not accept the theory of evolution was greater than thought. However, he told the TES: \u201cWhat I would not recommend would be to enter into a discussion about the scriptures, be it the Bible, the Koran or whatever.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeachers should simply be respectful of their pupils\u2019 beliefs, and say it is fine to have religious views, but add that science is about looking at the empirical evidence either for or against scientific theories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Funnily enough, our main complaint against the teaching of evolution in schools is that it fails to look at any evidence at all opposing the evolution dogma. \u00a0Children are taught total fabrications such as the ‘evolution of the horse’ as fact.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Government has insisted that all state-funded schools must teach evolution, and not present creationism as a scientifically valid theory.<\/span><\/p>\n

See Darwin Day sees evolution in Primary Schools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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