You are here Cans and Can'ts of Teaching Evolution by Eugenie C.
Scott High school teachers are in a quandary about teaching
evolution. Sometimes they are pressed to teach creation
"science" or "intelligent design theory", or "evidence against
evolution"; sometimes they are pressed just to forget about
teaching evolution. What should a teacher do? What, legally, can
and can't a teacher do? The "should" part is easy. Both teachers
and scientists say, "teach evolution." (see NAS site "Teaching
about Evolution and the Nature of Science" or statements from
the National Association of Biology Teachers and the National
Science Teachers Association) As the famous geneticist,
Theodosius Dobzhansky once said: Seen in the light of evolution,
biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and
inspiring science. Without that light, it becomes a pile of
sundry facts some of them interesting or curious, but making no
meaningful picture as a whole. Students will not be properly
educated unless they learn about evol