Teachers Training Students to Reject Competing Ideas
The teaching of evolution in government schools has expanded since the early 20th century, gradually replacing the earlier creation-based model of life. By 1939, about half of high school biology teachers taught evolution as a central principle of biology, and by 2019, only 12 percent offered the creation narrative as a valid alternative to evolution.
To further entrench the Darwinian story in education, the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES) was founded in 2015 as a project of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, which later merged with the secular nonprofit Center for Inquiry (CFI). Adopting the motto “teachers helping teachers,” TIES offers resources in the form of workshops,...
graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Fresno, with a BS in molecular biology and a minor in cognitive psychology. As an undergraduate, she conducted research in immunology, microbiology, behavioral and cognitive psychology, scanning tunneling microscopy and genetics - having published research in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, and projects in scanning tunneling microscopy. Having recently completed an M.Ed. from University of Cincinnati and a Certificate in Apologetics with the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, Emily is currently an instructional designer/content developer for Moody Bible Institute and teaches organic chemistry and physics. As a former Darwinian evolutionist, Emily now regards the intelligent design arguments more credible than those proffered by Darwinists for explaining the origin of life.
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