...EDU 576 Philosophical and Social Issues in Education Impacts on the evolution of America Education Jessica Welch September 4, 2013 Many events and individuals impacted the evolution of education. Socrates (470-399 BC) impacted the evolution of education by his method known as the Socratic Method. This method of teaching involved not giving information but answering questions with questions until students were able to come to their own conclusion of the truth. Socrates is considered one of the few philosophers who changed how philosophy was viewed. His main goal was guiding students to search for the truth and not just giving the answers. His approach made to education made others recognize what is good, real & true. Socrates was a unique teacher even though he considered his self not to be a teacher. The Socratic Method is still used today by teachers. The concept lets teachers take a back seat and lets students have take the lead by having a discussion questioning things rather than memorizing information to get a better understanding of the topic. His method makes you question everything and not just accept someone else’s version of the truth. It causes you to dig deeper and really research and think about the topic. Joseph Lancaster (1806) opened a small school in London. He offered free education to those who could not afford to pay for education and wanted to send their children. The school became extremly popular. However...
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...Previously, I stated that families are changing and will continue to change. I must also recognize that economics and education are evolving too. They have a direct correlation with each other. If one was to travel back in time to the fifties, they would hear people give reference to the “American Dream”. The American Dream is a happy and successful way of life that is achieved through hard work with stability as the outcome. Considering the evolution of things that is going on today, the American Dream seems to be far out of reach. Growing up, it was drilled in my head that to be successful, to own the home that I want, to not live paycheck to paycheck, and to live comfortably, I must continue to increase my education. I had to go to a college...
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...Acceptance of Evolution and Support for Teaching Creationism in Public Schools: The Conditional Impact of Educational Attainment JOSEPH O. BAKER Department of Sociology and Anthropology East Tennessee State University Public acceptance of evolution remains low in the United States relative to other Western countries. Although advocates for the scientific community often highlight the need for improved education to change public opinion, analyses of data from a national sample of American adults indicate that the effects of educational attainment on attitudes toward evolution and creationism are uneven and contingent upon religious identity. Consequently, higher education will only shift public attitudes toward evolution and away from support for teaching creationism in public schools for those who take non-“literalist” interpretive stances on the Bible, or to the extent that it leads to fewer people with literalist religious identities. Keywords: evolution, creationism, religious identity, education, science and religion, public policy. INTRODUCTION Acceptance of evolution and support for creationism has been publicly debated since the initial diffusion of Darwin’s theory about the origin of species, particularly in the United States (Numbers 1998, 2006). From before the infamous Scopes Trial (see Larson 1997) to the present, many Americans have resisted ideas about evolution, leading to a relatively low global ranking on public acceptance of the theory...
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...Deborah Hastings SEC 501 February 24, 2016 Mr. M Analyzing Changes in Education We’ve come a long way, baby! Over the past 100 years of public education in the great state of Alabama, changes in education have been literally fought for by blood, sweat and tears. However, with the desegregation issues from 1964 closed for the past 50 years, state legislatures still find plenty of arguments concerning public education reforms. Most of these arguments, though, are essentially concerns about federal control over state. Thanks to several federal acts, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 the students of Alabama schools are all getting a better education. Just by these two acts, eyes have been opened. A common interest of community stakeholders demands a higher standard of education for all students. These acts lead to major changes in Alabama schools such as anti-discrimination in schools, Common Core Standards and actually teaching evolution and climate change in Science classes! Anti-Discrimination in Schools If anybody knows anything about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, they should know that the state of Alabama fought hard to keep schools segregated. Even after the 1954 Supreme Court’s ruling of Brown v. Board Education of Topeka that was supposed to end school segregation, Alabama continued for the next ten years to keep schools segregated (Hall, J. para.8) The African-Americans fought hard for integration into...
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...Analysis of an Ideologue Template |Introductory Information | |Ideologue’s Name |Charles Darwin-France | |Birth-Death Years |February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882 (Hustad, 2016) | |Picture of Ideologue: Find a |[pic] | |digital photo of the | | |individual and paste it here.| | |Most Noted For | ...
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...The Unsuccessful Education Beliefs Many powerful authority believed that they can decide on what sorts of things taught in public school. Few education issues have started controversy and debate about teaching of evolution. School boards have been forced to address concerns about good science education as well as conflicting claims about constitutional limitations but a new approach to teaching about evolution has been developed to meet the test of good science and satisfy the courts’ standards of constitutionality. In this case, several people concerns about strong challenges that gets through the society about anti-evolution that it can affect the religious or anti-religious beliefs of a dominant group. The United State Supreme Court precedents that the Constitution permits both the teaching of evolution as well as the teaching of scientific criticisms of prevailing scientific theories. The court focused on Arkansas statute that prohibiting the teaching of human evolution in public schools and universities, no teacher was permitted "to teach the theory or doctrine that mankind ascended or descended from a lower order of animals," or "to adopt or use in any such institution a textbook that teaches.” (Fortas, par 2) This explains the statute was an adaptation of the law at the center of the “Scopes monkey trial” in Tennessee. The Tennessee Supreme Court allowed the state to continue to prohibit the teaching of evolution. The case involved the teaching of biology in Little...
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...There’s No Room: A look at public schools’ design for science and evolution Nicole McCormick PHI103: Informal Logic (GSK1216H) Instructor Micheal Pelt May 21, 2012 The 1987 Supreme Court ruling on the case of Edward v Aguillard, struck down a Louisiana Law requiring “balanced treatment” between “creation science” and evolution. The Supreme Court found “creation science” to be unconstitutional, a statute that forbade teaching evolution unless “creation science” was also taught. Edward v Aguillard made it clear you cannot teach creation science alongside evolution (Brown, Feb2012). This argument of if evolution should be taught in public schools has waged on for decades, and as long as some continue to believe in intelligent design while others in evolution, it is a battle that will no doubt continue on, with unnatural selections for some. Intelligent design is primarily a religious belief and not a scientific tenet, which forms the basis for why it should not be taught in public school science courses. This essay will discuss how evolution in public school science classrooms serves best with the national science curriculum, and how theories of creationism and intelligent design (ID), try as they may, have no place in public science classrooms. Research will begin with data that includes the said appropriateness of evolution, and how the study of evolution in school is in line with the teachings of biological science. Next, what will be considered are the creationist...
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...An Analysis of an Ideologue Charles Darwin [Name] [Institution] An Analysis of an Ideologue Charles Darwin Introduction Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was a renowned English naturalist whose work completely revolutionized the study of natural sciences. Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was not only popular during his time but it soon formed the foundation of modern scientific attempts to understand the origin and development of life on earth. Forming part of the reason for his success was his passionate personality concerning science and the nature in general. According to Gutek (1995, p.5), Darwin was a great naturalist whose theory exerted a profound outlook on the European as well as American intellectuals. For example, by questioning the traditional conceptions of human origin, the theory brought about changes in the manner of thinking among many intellectuals. Darwin’s personal accomplishments were shaped by a number of factors chief among them his early interest in nature. From childhood, Charles Darwin collected different things such as beetles and stones and carried out experiments together with his brother inside a garden shed. However, it is his five year voyage aboard HMS Beagle (1831-1836) which provided him with an opportunity to make observations and investigations that culminated in his theory of natural selection (Sulloway, 1982, p.1). Historical Context There are a number of historical events that significantly...
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...After i listened to Pastor Okubo’s speech, i am still believe in evolutionary. Because Pastor Okubo taught us there is no conflict between your own beliefs and science by giving many examples, such as, the history time line and verses from the bible. There is no specific answer, it depends on what you believe more. People are always choosing what they believe from science and the bible. It seems like you have to choose one between these two. But after i listened to the speech, i would present the topic of evolutionary to students in a Lutheran School in a different way. Instead of letting them choose one, i will present evolution without changing their beliefs. After i done with the research, people who want to promote more and better evolution...
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...Teaching Creation and Evolution in Schools Why are we here? Many people ask that question at some point in their life. The answers are different no matter who ask. Some people believe a higher power created the universe and our purpose here is to serve that higher power. Others say we exist because of the Big Bang and our purpose for living is to survive. The first theory for this is known as creationism. The other is evolution and most schools have encouraged this. Why is one not right and the other false? Is there no balance between these two issues? The lack of evidence makes creationism hard to believe, and many holes in the evolution link makes that hard to believe. Theories of human evolution cause disagreements. Each theory has its own evidence to prove that its right, but lack of enough evidence to prove the others errors. Most of the theories that try to explain the human existence are labeled as creation theory, naturalistic evolution theory and theistic evolution theory. Naturalistic evolution theory states that evolution is a force and not controlled by a god, goddess or some other type of deity. Theistic evolution is a combination of both creation and naturalistic theories. To understand the struggle between creationism and evolution you must first understand creationism. Creationism is the theory that all life was created by God. In the book of Genesis you will find the story when God formed man from the dust of the ground. God also created...
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...central Pennsylvania, but in October 2004 when the local school board proposed a slight alteration to the high school biology curriculum a fault line erupted between those who think of intelligent design as science and something that should be taught alongside evolution, and those who think of it as religion disguised as science. As a science teacher myself, I was very interested in this subject, and how school districts nationwide are pushing initiatives recently to put intelligent design in their biology classes. These school districts are struggling with the dilemma of whether or not to teach creationism as an alternative view to evolution theory. If, as many scientific creationists believe, God's message is important in defining the content, aims, and conditions of educational practice, then creationism does belong in the classroom. However, those who propose that creationism is not science, and that "creation science" is a misnomer, are opposed to the intervention of religion into the public educational program; after all, public educational programs should be separate from concerns of the church. The Scientific Argument against Intelligent Design “Evolution has three core, defining elements, life forms change over time; they all descended from one or a few common ancestors; and natural selection produces these effects” (Slack 2007). But what exactly is Intelligent Design? Intelligent Design is a recent theory proposed...
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... ! Priscilla Wong! Anth 300/Tues-Thurs/9:00! ! Why Students Should Learn Evolution ! Brian J. Alters Sandra M. Alters! ! ! THEME: The authors think that evolution is a unifying theory in the biological and other sciences that explains the context and framework to understand. The authors advocate why students should learn about it.! ! ! ! l.! ! ll.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! lll. ! ! Introduction ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A. Many parents of students have created issues for science professors to ! question whether or not to teach evolution in the classroom. !! B. Without evolution there would be a disappearance of all the facts that are put together as a whole, it is the fundamental framework of a unifying ! theory.! C. Evolution helps discover all the mysteries throughout our history and ! explains relationships between these species.! D. There are many questions as to why we study biology such as how !! organisms work, how we breathe, how fish swim, or how leopard frogs ! produce thousands of eggs at one time, but evolution truly explains the ! background of how these things occur. ! E. Evolution is such an inducing subject because it broadens the categories ! of applied sciences, philosophy, psychology, literature, and the arts. ! Why is evolution a unifying theory?! ! ! ! ! ! ! A. When evolution takes place, when a population of species change they ! end up favoring their survival...
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...Curriculum in schools. A survey of high school science teachers was conducted to see if they taught creationism or evolution in their classroom. 17% of the teachers stated that they steer clear of this topic in general, where 60 % of the teachers allotted 1-5 hours for the topic. Many of these teachers stated that were advocates of creationism but limited the time they spent on this topic in fear of controversy and backlash form parents and staff. A Penn State report stated that American kids are lagging in the knowledge of evolution and creationism because teachers are unwilling or unprepared. Since this is such a big debate of whether creationism or evolution should be taught in school many teachers are opting to do the bare minimum to satisfy district standards. The current curriculum in many school districts in the United States allows for the discussion of both creationism and evolution. This has seemed to be the standard across the board. Since school districts do not want to push creationism as the main idea of human creation as it promotes or endorses a religion, but many parents are objecting to exclusive teachings of evolution on schools. The National Academic Council and National Academy of Science recommend that high school science teachers touch on evolution as a link between biology topics. In 2013 they released a report A Framework for K-12 Science Education. In the report they stated that Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every fact of modern life...
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...Evolution – Merit Based Pay for Teachers Today the issue regarding merit based pay for teachers is getting more and more heated, and more discussions are actively being done in various places. The crocs of this debate are regarding whether merit based pay is an effective way of boosting the quality of public education: depending on the effectiveness and the backlashes of the policy, it is time that we should make a clear choice. And at this moment, it is right to go for and adopt the merit based pay policy. The pivotal part of merit based pay is that teachers with different capacities in terms of teaching should get different pay. It is a logical thing that we pay more to the best teachers, and pay less in comparison to those who perform poor to others. If we institute this policy, there will be innumerous benefits, and these will outweigh any potential harm. The first and the foremost advantage of this policy is that it helps students. Students are educated by their teachers. When we implement the policy of merit based pay, more teachers will work hard to get better grades in teacher’s evaluation. Because the teachers are strongly incentivized to work harder in hand of pay, students will naturally be provided with higher quality education. A prestigious research organization, known as the RAND corporation, conducted a research where teachers within a group were given merit based pay and the other controlled group was not. The study revealed that the students in the first...
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...Ebony Williams EDU-210 January 18, 2015 Thomas Christner Movers and Shakers in Education What is Education? Why is it so important to our world? When thinking about how far we have come in education reform, it is also important to reflect on how it all started. Education is a form of learning that usually takes place in a school institution where one who is experienced and has obtained a degree in Education teaches to his/ her students. Education develops one’s intellect, knowledge, and beliefs in which prepares us for the real world upon our completion of high school. Under any circumstance where one’s thoughts and feelings are consumed, that could be considered an educational and learning experience as well. Education has evolved so much over time, and is providing our kids with the tools to help them to be successful individuals. The concept of Education goes back farther than most of us could ever imagine. School has been formatted into four stages which is Elementary, Middle School, High School, and College. In this paper, I will discuss the four people and events that had a great affect on the evolution of American education. Born in 470 BC in Athens, Greece, Socrates was a Greek philosopher who had a great influence on ancient and modern philosophy. Socrates believed that philosophy should achieve practical results for the greater well being of society. Little was known about his life in which what was, was told through the dialogue between his students...
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