Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Rhetoric & Public Affairs) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870136704 ISBN 13: 9780870136702

Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 2003

Synopsis

From the Scopes Trial in 1925 through the action of the Kansas board of education, the teaching of evolution in public schools has been a flashpoint in American education. The evolution of fundamentalist creationism into the proposition of "intelligent design" (ID) in the late 20th century reignited the character of this controversy. Darwinism, Design, and Public Education provides a thorough and readable source of primary literature for and against the rhetoric of intelligent design as a science, a philosophy, and a movement for educational reform.

About this title

About the Author:

John Angus Campbell is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis.
 

Review:

"Darwinism, Design, and Public Education should be read by everyone seeking a fair and comprehensive debate about the teaching of evolution in American public schools ... this book's careful yet passionate dialogue actually provides the tools needed by a democratic public to make sense of this difficult controversy."

About this edition

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0870136704
• ISBN 13: 9780870136702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 634
• Editor: Campbell John Angus, Meyer Stephen C.