[Craig] What is relevent is what the student identifies as good evidence & conclusions supported by that evidence. Once the student is able to so identify good evidence & conclusions, the school has done its job ***in regard to Paleontology.
[Arlo] Inserting the word "good" here places us right back in the boat. When considering anthropology or paleontology, is the "Bible" a source of good evidence and conclusions? No matter how you slice it, the Academy has to make value judgments on information of some sort. It would be impossible not to. And once you are in that arena, it becomes "exclusionary" to some information while "privileging" other information. [Craig] A school should, however, also teach "Critical Thinking" such as the connection between recognizing good evidence & belief formation.*** [Arlo] >From day one I've been championing "critical thinking" as a key, if not THE key, to successful education. So this part of the whole thing I have no problem with. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
