| Show -' 'T- - 'Vt- - -- ft National 16A Sunday December 3 2000 Standard-Examin- Pennsylvania standard: Teach evolution as theory not science It's not repeatable It's a theory You can talk about chemistry physics those things for are all a matter of fact” Pennsyl"Evolution is a religious tenet vania propose that evolution be - it’s a tenet of secular treated as a “theory” and that humanism and of Marxism and alternative theories also be taught Communism” he said as part of schools’ science Education officials deny that curriculum last July's changes were inserted The draft language which is to placate creationists “For the expected to go before the state first time we’ve mandated the legislature for approal early next teaching of evolution in tear is raising alarms among Pennsylvania classrooms” said some scientists and education State Secretary of Education groups who worry that the new Eugene Hickok standards would gie legitimacy "The language in the latest to teaching creationist views draft of the academic standards Pennsylvania one of the last does not promote the teaching of states still working to create creationism” said James "standards" for teaching science Gallagher chairperson of the had gotten good reviews from state Board of Education "The scientists and educators alike for standards do however give clear an earlier draft But last July the guidance to teachers to initiate state Board of Education inserted intellectually stimulating dialogue several changes about the scientific theory of The additions that have raised evolution" concern include statements that Gallagher declined to specify teachers “analyze the impact of whether he meant dialogue about new scientific facts on the theory some details of evolution or of evolution” and present about its legitimacy In the world theories that “do or do not support the theory of evolution” "It's code” said Molleen Matsumura with the National Center for Science Education a nonprofit group in Berkeley Calif which defends the teaching of evolution Of the vague references to other theories she said “There are people waiting in the wings to help teachers with that” she said - people promoting books on creation science and its close relative "intelligent design" Teachers who want to teach creationism may also feel they have a green light she said State Representative Samuel Rhorer saicj he had opposed the previous draft of the standards because they promoted "just one theory of origins” to the exclusion of creation “I'm not a scientist” he said “but I’ve done enough reading to know that the whole concept of natural selection and evolution is Knight Ridder Philadelphia of science a debate on the legitimacy of evolution would not established science It explains how all existing living things developed from earlier life forms through such processes as mutation and natural selection (survival of the fittest) Evolution now provides the framework within which nearly all biologists and medical researchers work Creation science teaches a literal interpretation of the biblical story of Genesis It challenges all of modem geology and astronomy by claiming the universe is only a few thousand years old “Intelligent Design” is a more general term that refers to the idea that a supernatural being was required to design living things In the past Pennsylvania school districts have been free to make their own decisions about how to teach science But the growing standards movement seeks to create definitions of what is expected of students and eventually will be the basis for statewide testing be considered intellectually stimulating “It's like debating the theory of gravity or the atomic theoiy” said Andrew Petto an evolutionary biologist who teaches at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and who also belongs to the National “Council for Science Education Evolutioncreation battles have surfaced in several other states including Illinois Alabama New Mexico and Kentucky which either left evolution out of science standards or suggested teaching alternative views Kansas went the furthest by taking evolution off the test students need to take to graduate Regarding Pennsylvania Petto said “I’m pleased to say this is nowhere near as bad as what they did in Kansas We still have ' fairly good science education standards” Mainstream scientists regard the concept of evolution as Free Web Site Box and more for your: E-m- ail f 2 —w J Club group classroom or team! 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