From the article:
--------------------------------------------------------
ARLINGTON, Va., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA) today released results of an informal survey to
gauge how much pressure, if any, science educators feel regarding
teaching about evolution in the science classroom. The survey is being
released a week before the start of the NSTA National Convention in
Dallas on March 31. More than 12,000 science educators will convene
there to address important issues in science education, including
evolution.
When asked if they feel pressured to include creationism, intelligent
design, or other nonscientific alternatives to evolution in their
science classroom, 31% of teachers responding said they did. When
asked from whom, teachers indicated most of the pressure is coming
from students (22%) and parents (20%). When asked if they feel pushed
to de-emphasize or omit evolution or evolution-related topics from
their curriculum, 30% agreed, indicating the most pressure is coming
from students and parents (18% each). Very few respondents indicated
that pressure is being exerted by administrators or principals (5% and
3% respectively).
---------------------------------------------------------
Read it at
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/03-24-2005/0003246735&EDATE=
or http://tinyurl.com/6svqc
J. Spaceman
.
|
