SCHOOLS: Science teaching turned upside-down*

Australian secondary students are being taught that scientific knowledge is not objective, but is constructed from a class, gender or cultural perspective, writes Kevin Donnelly.Last year, a group representing Australia’s leading scientific bodies signed an open letter arguing intelligent design is unscientific and should not be taught alongside the theory of evolution.The scientists argued that whereas evolution can be tested, teaching science students that a supernatural being was responsible …

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