Jul 4, 2023 02:07 PM
(This post was last modified: Jul 5, 2023 12:21 AM by C C.)
https://theconversation.com/4-reasons-no...ral-208653
EXCERPTS: . . . Without evolution, the living world is a kaleidoscope of disconnected form and colour. With evolution, it is breathtakingly coherent. In terms of its simplicity and explanatory power, the theory of evolution by natural selection is arguably one of our most successful scientific achievements.
Because of evolution’s centrality to biology, its omission in any substantive course seems a matter of serious neglect.
Today many countries in the world, predominantly Islamic ones, do not teach evolution, as it is said to contradict religious teachings.
Recently, India also removed evolution from the formal education of students up to Year 10. This decision was supposedly related to its right-wing government’s commitment to promoting Hindu-nationalist perspectives. [Decoloniality, or escaping the ethnic oppression of Eurocentric knowledge systems.]
These examples do not represent simple oversight. They are serious attempts to restrict people thinking about evolution and, ultimately, to delegitimise science for ideological gain.
Omitting evolution from educational curriculums isn’t just educationally fraught, it’s also a serious moral issue. Morally speaking, at least four related points present themselves in favour of the inclusion of evolution in any biology curriculum.
1. Equality of opportunity
[...] 2. Free inquiry
[...] 3. Fairness and public reasoning
[...] 4. Intellectual honesty, integrity and a commitment to scientific truths ... (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS: . . . Without evolution, the living world is a kaleidoscope of disconnected form and colour. With evolution, it is breathtakingly coherent. In terms of its simplicity and explanatory power, the theory of evolution by natural selection is arguably one of our most successful scientific achievements.
Because of evolution’s centrality to biology, its omission in any substantive course seems a matter of serious neglect.
Today many countries in the world, predominantly Islamic ones, do not teach evolution, as it is said to contradict religious teachings.
Recently, India also removed evolution from the formal education of students up to Year 10. This decision was supposedly related to its right-wing government’s commitment to promoting Hindu-nationalist perspectives. [Decoloniality, or escaping the ethnic oppression of Eurocentric knowledge systems.]
These examples do not represent simple oversight. They are serious attempts to restrict people thinking about evolution and, ultimately, to delegitimise science for ideological gain.
Omitting evolution from educational curriculums isn’t just educationally fraught, it’s also a serious moral issue. Morally speaking, at least four related points present themselves in favour of the inclusion of evolution in any biology curriculum.
1. Equality of opportunity
[...] 2. Free inquiry
[...] 3. Fairness and public reasoning
[...] 4. Intellectual honesty, integrity and a commitment to scientific truths ... (MORE - missing details)
