A Tale of Two Controversies: Comment

Abstract. The educational controversies that Martin Eger discusses regarding moral education and the teaching of “creationism” arise from taking a single aspect of moral education and making it the whole, and from taking a single aspect of scientific work and assuming that it is the whole. The disti...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Green, Thomas F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1988
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B Pedagogy
B Tradition
B Moral Education
B Autonomy
B indoctrination
B Formalism
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Summary:Abstract. The educational controversies that Martin Eger discusses regarding moral education and the teaching of “creationism” arise from taking a single aspect of moral education and making it the whole, and from taking a single aspect of scientific work and assuming that it is the whole. The distinction between teaching science as application and teaching it as education is crucial in confronting these problems.
ISSN:1467-9744
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1988.tb00638.x