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There is a nice 2006 Doonesbury cartoon about creationism, evolution &
cutting-edge biomedicine that says it all...you can find it online if you
haven't seen it. Also, go read Sean Carroll's enjoyable book if you want to
teach evolution..it has DNA stories, but yes Darwin/fossils/morphology too.
Campbell's Biology 8th textbook for high schools is rich with evolution
throughout..great book for teachers..though it is pretty heavy. Barry
On 2/8/11 3:28 PM, "martin weiss" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> There was a publication, I'll take some time to dig it out of my many drives,
> that showed that biology teachers were no more knowledgeable (accepting of
> ?) about evolution than non biology teachers. Is this because of belief
> systems or a history of lousy instruction along the way.
>
> I am concerned that it is not the "cutting edge molecular/genetic biomedical
> research" where the problem is. After all Darwin deduced what was going on
> without
> knowing about genes. And most of our evidence of evolution before the
> understanding of DNA was fossils and morphology. There is no need to
> understand "cutting edge molecular/genetic biomedical research" in order to
> teach evolution on the elementary or high school level or to appreciate it on
> a personal level. Admittedly some of the best evidence of evolution given the
> sparsity of the fossil record is from molecular and genetic research.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Barry Aprison wrote:
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>> Evolution was never taught in my 1-yr high school biology course in
>> Indianapolis. (so i wonder how many of us were taught evolution in high
>> school!) One of the best, easy reads about evolution is Sean Carroll's "The
>> Making of The Fittest. DNA & the Ultimate Forensic Record of
>> Evolution"..this excellent book was published in 2006. NOVA's "What Darwin
>> Never Knew" is a fairly good (but long!) evolution video produced in 2009...
>> www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/darwin-never-knew.html...there are a couple
>> of other good books and interactive media/online sources. But as the
>> Science article indicates, the problem is basically with the high school
>> science teachers...³the cautious 60 percent,² who avoid controversy by
>> endorsing neither evolution nor its unscientific alternatives. In various
>> ways, they compromise." Recently published college biology textbooks have
>> evolution throughout their core curriculum. Fyi...cutting-edge
>> molecular/genetic biomedical research is all about evolution, among other
>> things...
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> On 2/8/11 2:48 PM, "Charlie Carlson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Hey Martin,
>>> I'm sure you're right! And it's so unfortunate. One thing I've long
>>> thought
>>> is that evolutionary theory should be included in any discussion of biology
>>> or
>>> life. It probably ought to be a routine part of any discussion about
>>> viruses
>>> and bacterial diseases as wellwhich speaks to a greater inclusion in
>>> medical
>>> training.
>>> C
>>> On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
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