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Settelmaier, Elisabeth – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
In this paper I respond to Long's paper in which he uses an ethnographic snapshot of a rally of scientists against the perceived "dumbing down" effect of the new Answers in Genesis Museum in Kentucky to raise educational concerns about the effects of creationist influence on the science curriculum in American schools. In my response I…
Descriptors: Social History, Conflict, Educational Change, Science Curriculum
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Skoog, Gerald; Bilica, Kimberly – Science Education, 2002
Analyzes the science frameworks of 49 states and the District of Columbia to determine the emphasis given to evolution in these documents at the middle and secondary levels. Collectively, the 50 frameworks emphasized evolution in a manner that suggests that if the public's support for standards-based curricula is a reality, the study of evolution…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, National Standards