Evolution, creationism, and the battle to control America's classrooms / Michael Berkman, Eric Plutzer.

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"Based on their survey of high school biology teachers, Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer show that it is individual educators who often make critical decisions about what children are taught about evolution"-- "Who should decide what children are taught in school? This question lies at the heart of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berkman, Michael B., 1960-
Other Authors:	Plutzer, Eric
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Human evolution > Study and teaching (Primary) Creationism > Study and teaching (Primary) Intelligent design (Teleology) > Study and teaching (Primary)
Physical Description:	xv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Who should decide what children are taught?; 2. The public speaks: 'teach both'; 3. A nation divided by religion, education, and place; 4. Is evolution fit for polite company?: science standards in the American states; 5. Teachers and what they teach; 6. State standards meet street level bureaucracy; 7. When the personal becomes pedagogical; 8. Teachers in their schools and communities; 9. The battle for America's classrooms.