15 Strategies for Success in Bridging the Gap between Culture, Religion, and Science in the Geoscience Classroom

Thursday, 12 April 2007
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION
  Elizabeth A. Heise, University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX
  120380 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:20 AM
  THE IMPACT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE ON STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS IN ORIGINS
  Iris Moreno Totten, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and Juli Ann Moore, Kansas State Unversity, Manhattan, KS
  119953 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:40 AM
  USE OF THE ‘HOLLOW EARTH THEORY' TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE THEORIES
  Kate S. Pound, St. Cloud State Univ, St. Cloud, MN
  120083 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:00 AM
  ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH ANTI-SCIENTIFIC CREATIONIST BELIEFS IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS: SUCCESSFULLY IMPARTING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION
  Steven D. Schafersman, Texas Citizens for Science, Midland, TX
  120208 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE: RESPONSE TO RELIGIOUS CHALLENGES TO EVOLUTION
  Keith B. Miller, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
  120098 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:00 AM
  TWO VIEWS OF TIME: GEOLOGISTS' DEEP TIME VS. DEEP TIME FOR CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISTS
  Penny Greer, The University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
  120311 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:20 AM
  PREDICTING THE NEXT BATTLE OVER INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
  Sadredin C. Moosavi, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  120396 (THEME SESSIONS)