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Re: Only 28% of surveyed teachers teach evolution, AGAIN.
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I don't know current text books but I wonder if any are written without a book ending chapter on Evolution so that evolution is part of every subject. I think there was a
BSCS text ("Blue") many years ago that did that but I've lost track. Anyone know?

Randy Nesse, at U Mich along with George Williams, wrote a very interesting book "Why We Get Sick", introducing evolution thinking to medicine. He and Steve Stearns at Yale, and others are trying to get evolution included in medical school curricula. I think it is a up hill struggle.

This concept is the basis of our NIH SEPA supported exhibition EvoHealth.

Martin
On Feb 8, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Charlie Carlson 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 well–which speaks to a greater inclusion in medical training.
> C
> On Feb 8, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Martin Weiss wrote:
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>> Awful in this day and age.  Though I recall in my high school, one of the
>> most competitive in NYC, that evolution was the last chapter in the text and
>> we just never got to it by
>> semesters end. Poor planning or design? Maybe if the text had been written,
>> as it should be, suffused with evolution this would not have occurred.
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> AAARRRGGGHH!
>>>> Makes you want to weep.
>>>> 
>>>> Martin
>>>> Sorry but i left out he citation
>>>> Science 28 January 2011:
>>>> Vol. 331 no. 6016 pp. 404-405
>>>> DOI: 10.1126/science.1198902
>>>> EDUCATION FORUM
>>>> SCIENCE EDUCATION
>>>> Defeating Creationism in the Courtroom, But Not in the Classroom
>>>> Michael B. Berkman and Eric Plutzer*
>>>> If you like a copy let me know and i will send you a pdf.
>>>> 
>>>> Martin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Martin Weiss, PhD
>>>> Science Interpretation, Consultant
>>>> New York Hall of Science
>>>> mweiss at nyscience.org
>>>> 347-460-1858
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