ILYBYGTH friend Lee Meadows, author of Missing Link: An Inquiry Approach for Teaching All Students about Evolution, has posted a great new short video: “Help! I’m a biology teacher and I don’t really understand evolution.”
I know some ILYBYGTH readers disagree with Meadows’ approach to teaching evolution. Some anti-evolutionists feel he goes too far in sugar coating a dangerous doctrine. As an evolutionist myself, I appreciate his student-centered approach to the subject. He argues that too many evolution educators–out of ignorance or spite–take a hostile approach to their anti-evolution students. Meadows argues that they don’t need to. Not only is it unethical, it is ineffective.
Whether you’re a creationist or evolutionist, it’s worth taking a few minutes to check out his thoughtful video.
Lee
/ April 21, 2012Thanks for this. If any of your readers want to discuss my approach, I’m happy to talk with them. I’m always learning, and I appreciate interacting with people, even those who disagree with me.