Shopping & Style1 min ago
Teaching Evolution In Faith Schools
46 Answers
Under the new science curriculum evolution will be taught in primary schools.
How will faith schools that currently teach creationism deal with this?
http:// www.huf fington post.co .uk/201 3/07/08 /michae l-goves -new-sc hool-cu rriculu m_n_356 0653.ht ml
How will faith schools that currently teach creationism deal with this?
http://
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by naomi24. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'd agree there Gromit. Ridiculous they who pay the piper do not call the tune.
Assuming society thinks a private education alternative is a good idea, then it should be funded privately. Even then one would have thought a minimum set of areas/levels should be law for the sake of those in the private system.
Assuming society thinks a private education alternative is a good idea, then it should be funded privately. Even then one would have thought a minimum set of areas/levels should be law for the sake of those in the private system.
I went to a faith school (they were called "Direct Grant" then) and it taught evolution and not creationism. This was about 45 years ago give or take. The school actually still exists. Not all faith schools are fundamentalist faith schools. The Bible wasn't viewed as being directly inspired by god but as a collection of writings...some of which were about Jesus and were dated from the time when Jesus lived, some of which were myths, legends, poems and songs, some of which was the history of the Jewish Nation.
The DfE has always insisted that creationism should not be taught as fact at any school in the UK, however it is never able to fully implement this due to the rules they have created and the ability for schools to opt out/circumvent or generally debase etc, it so I doubt anything will change - exactly really as answer 1 from jomifl.
The problem there chakka Creationism is on the basis it all started 5000
years ago and evolution started from that point. The world as we now know it like Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon were 'created ' by God and put there. Any fosssils found we now find there , even those a mile inside a mountain were deposited there at the time of N
years ago and evolution started from that point. The world as we now know it like Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon were 'created ' by God and put there. Any fosssils found we now find there , even those a mile inside a mountain were deposited there at the time of N