Re: RE: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat Nov 13 2004 - 20:32:27 GMT

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    Hi Platt

    The MOQ would do me. Failing that, the need is to
    present the different theories and discuss their histories
    and let the students decide which have quality.
    Too often we try to tell a story with a conclusion
    and built in values.

    DM

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>; <owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk>
    Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:03 PM
    Subject: Re: RE: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

    > Arlo:
    >
    >> I think what I had in mind was a little different, and I'm sorry I did
    >> not
    >> make that clear. One of the biggest problems with the current school
    >> curriculae is that there is no interrelativity among the courses. Each is
    >> seen as a discrete "block". This problem leads children to believe that
    >> history and biology (just to pick two we've been talking about) have
    >> nothing to say about each other. Untrue. And it makes for a boring, if
    >> not
    >> misleading, approach to learning. Many charter schools are developing and
    >> using an intergrated curriculum. This is something I have looooong been a
    >> proponent of.
    >
    > I agree. The problem is and will always be: on what basis will we teach
    > the kiddies good from bad, right from wrong, true from false? In other
    > words, how do we insert morality into the curriculum in a way that won't
    > raise irreconcilable differences? Would the MOQ be acceptable as the lens
    > through which all subjects are to be viewed?
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
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