I only said that i would be more comfortable with
someone with a Ph. D teaching evolution to make the
point that most people outside of the professional
scientific community (including elementary school
teachers) tend to have an inaccurate view of
evolution. Most of my friends have incorrect views of
evolution, and the reason for their incorrect views is
that that's what they were taught by teachers with
little understanding of what evolution really is.
Wow, one sure does learn to watch his words quickly in
this discussion group.
--- Lawrence DeBivort <debivort@umd5.umd.edu> wrote:
> Adam, there are many branches of biology. Evolution
> is a specialized area,
> and a PhD in biology might not have the requisite
> expertise in evolution.
>
> Of course, the word 'teach' has many levels of
> expertise associated with it.
> A lay person can 'teach' evolution (or any other
> subject, for that matter),
> if what they are teaching lies within the realm of
> their knowledge. For
> example, I can teach beginner chess to newcomers to
> the game, but get
> absolutely whupped by the chess masters at Harvard
> Square. But a lay person
> will not be able, without considerable further
> education and training, to
> become a biological researcher of teacher to
> advanced students. The field,
> like many others, has simply grown too big and too
> specialized for amateurs
> to make much of a contribution.
>
> Cheers,
> Lawry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk]On
> Behalf Of George M Jempty
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:29 AM
> To: moq_discuss@moq.org
> Subject: Re: MD Creationism
>
> Adam wrote:
>
> > I'm
> > not really very comfortable with anyone but a
> doctor
> > in biology teaching about evolution.
>
> Doesn't this count out elementary school teachers?
>
> George
>
>
>
>
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