Teaching only science

Royal Institution of Australia director, Dr Paul Willis, explains how creationism is disrupting science education, both in Australia and around the world, and why effective science teaching should not follow any religious, social or political agenda.

The content of a science curriculum ought to be easy to identify and should be included without challenge – good science content is good science! Anything else should be excluded. We owe it to our children not to cloud their developing minds with phantoms and fantasies dressed up as realities no matter how comforting they may be for some people. We need to be clear what science is and isn’t before we can clearly explain that difference to our children.

The science of picking sides

Scientists sometimes seem to relish the notion that science is too technical and complicated for the lay-person to understand.