Hi Mike, can you send
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From: "Mikey Brass" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Podcast lecture by Steve Jones on... etc. and Tony
Blair
> Hi Gavin,
>
> I should point out that the BCSE was formed in reaction to what has been
> happening. In particular, Truth in Science sent creationist packs to every
> school in England. The academies owned by Vardy, for example, teach
> creationism in their science classrooms. The head of the science dept in
> Vardy's first school is a young-earth creationist YEC). There is a
> chemistry teacher in another academy school named Nick Cowan who openly
> teaches YEC alongside the national curriculum and boasts that a former
> student of his is a YEC doing a Ph.D. in chemistry at Oxford. The threat
> is alive and kicking, as Steve Jones has been pointing out in vain for a
> while now.
>
> The thrust is the the vast majority of the British public has not heard
> anything about the version of creationism imported from North America;
> alerting to the danger posed to the basic science education (amongst other
> matters) does not polarise a debate: there is no debate. Creationism is
> political. Various organisations like the British Humanist Association and
> many others have recognised the real danger, particularly to the already
> poor level of science teaching. The NCSE in America has been monitoring
> the activity as well over here from a distance and are assisting us with
> their technical expertise.
>
> There is a lot of groundwork going on at the moment and I welcome your
> stance that if it is a threat then you would be amongst those standing out
> to improve the standard of science taught to the children. You and any
> other list member are welcome to contact both myself and Roger Stanyard
> (also of the BCSE) offlist. Both of us, as two of the heads of the BCSE,
> are ready to meet up with interested parties.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
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