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falsifying evidence for evolution - why use false evidence, if it's such an important and well-established theory?
A more honest way of teaching about evolution would not be to present it as an unquestionable dogma, but simply to tell pupils what it is, how many scientists of various types believe in it; then to present all the scientific evidence for and against it.
A more honest way of teaching about evolution would not be to present it as an unquestionable dogma, but simply to tell pupils what it is, how many scientists of various types believe in it; then to present all the scientific evidence for and against it.
{{quotebox|[[Haeckel]], a German [[embryologist]], altered drawings of various animal and human [[embryo]]s, making them nearly identical. He presented his altered pictures as evidence for evolution between species, and used them as a platform to successfully promote evolution. In 1874, Haeckel's drawings were exposed as frauds by renowned embryologist [[Wilhelm His]]. Shortly thereafter, Haeckel was convicted of fraud by his own university. Yet his fallacious drawings of nearly identical embryos are still in science textbooks over 100 years later as [[evidence for evolution]]! Those drawings are being taught to kids in school today as evidence for evolution. [http://www.allaboutscience.org/intelligent-design.htm]}}
For students who are mature enough to understand the philosophical implications, say, beginning with the upper three grades of high school, educators could explain the ideological links between evolution and various philosophical and political schools of thought: [[materialism]], [[atheism]], [[Eugenics]], [[Nietzsche]], etc.
For students who are mature enough to understand the philosophical implications, say, beginning with the upper three grades of high school, educators could explain the ideological links between evolution and various philosophical and political schools of thought: [[materialism]], [[atheism]], [[Eugenics]], [[Nietzsche]], etc.
Similar links could be explored for ideas which criticize evolution, such as [[Intelligent Design]] which accepts some aspects of evolution while denying the lack of guidance, and [[Creationism]], which begins with the premise that [[God]] created everything; see [[Young Earth Creationism]] and [[Old Earth Creationism]].
Similar links could be explored for ideas which criticize evolution, such as [[Intelligent Design]] which accepts some aspects of evolution while denying the lack of guidance, and [[Creationism]], which begins with the premise that [[God]] created everything; see [[Young Earth Creationism]] and [[Old Earth Creationism]].