NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2018/10/05
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2018-10-05 16:07.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, NCSE's Glenn Branch discusses obstacles to climate change education in Earth. And a new issue of RNCSE is now available on-line.
"WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TEACH CLIMATE CHANGE?" NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "'Why Is It So Hard to Teach Climate Change?" to the October 2018 issue of Earth magazine, published by the American Geosciences Institute. The commentary began: *** Climate change was in the national spotlight this past summer when The New York Times Magazine devoted its entire Aug. 5, 2018, issue -- except for the beloved puzzle section -- to Nathaniel Rich’s article “Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change.” As it happens, “Losing Earth” added a puzzle of its own. Late in his 30,000-word article, Rich wrote that he looked forward to the day when “the young will amass enough power to act” on climate change. But he neglected to ask whether they will have the knowledge to do so, in light of what is and isn’t being taught about the topic now. *** After reviewing the obstacles, Branch concluded with a note of hope: "Perhaps most encouraging of all is the fact that just as there is a scientific consensus on climate change, there is a public consensus on the importance of teaching about it." For Branch's commentary in Earth, visit: https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-why-it-so-hard-teach-climate-change And for NCSE's resources on climate change education, visit: https://ncse.com/climate RNCSE 38:4 NOW ON-LINE NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The issue -- volume 38, number 4 -- is the twelfth issue in the newsletter's new, streamlined, and full-color format. Featured are Amanda Glaze's retrospective on the fiftieth anniversary of the decision in Epperson v. Arkansas; Randy Moore's discussion of the renovated Rhea History and Scopes Trial Museum; Brad Hoge's update on NCSE's Teacher Ambassador program for evolution; Kate Carter's report of NCSE's Science Booster Club activities at the Iowa State Fair; and Donald R. Prothero's review of Adrian Lister's Darwin's Fossils. The entire issue is freely available on NCSE's website. Members of NCSE will be receiving it in printed form shortly. (Not a member? Join today!) For RNCSE 38:4, visit: https://ncse.com/ncse-newsletter For information about joining NCSE, visit: https://ncse.com/join Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- https://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Oakland CA 94612-2922 510-601-7203 fax 510-788-7971 branch@ncse.com https://ncse.com Check out NCSE's blog: https://ncse.com/blog Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: https://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse https://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd https://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! https://ncse.com/join
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