Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Is Balancing Darwinism and Creationism Realistic for Classrooms?

Darwinism and Creationism are two completely different beliefs about how the world came to be. There is much controversy between the two beliefs resulting in difficult choices about what to teach in the classroom. Creationism has to do with religion and one person being the major creator. Darwinism and his theory of Evolution is easier tested and proved with Science. In a classroom, students should learn what they believe is true. It is realistic however, to teach both and give the students and idea of what mind sets are out there surrounding the situation. Having a discussion about both theories in the classroom might bring up controversy between students beliefs but that just means that every individual has their own views. Since both Creationism and Darwinism are known and recognised, they should be brought up in Science classrooms. Even if the students don't believe in one, they should still be aware of what is out there about the subject and given a base of knowledge around it. In school, students are supposed to be educated on the world around them and the subjects that the government thinks are neccessary; so they should include both ideas considering the world around them deals with both ideas. Over all it is their choice in what they want to believe in but they should be introduced to both. If students aren't educated of the existence of both of these ideas, later in life they might have no idea and be forced into believing something they don't even know the half of. It's better to be educated and not believe in one, than to not be educated at all and not know what to believe. Although, Creationism can not be proved completely while Evolution has much more evidence and scientists have cam a long way in studying evolution. Research can back up Evolution and can not prove Creationism. Shouldn't the theory of Evolution be taught considering it has back up and a long history of research behind it?