Evolution by Design

by Jack Hassard

In this eBook, we explore how the teaching of evolution has become a rallying cry for conservatives and religious fundamentalists who think that creationism or intelligent design should be considered alongside and be given equal time as evolution in K-12 science courses. Creationism and intelligent design have been turned away by one court decision after another, but the forces behind this movement are still lurking.

They have made stealth appearances in Louisiana and Tennessee classrooms. Over the past four years, these two states have passed laws that protect teachers if they present scientific information pertaining to the full range of scientific views regarding biological and chemical evolution in applicable curricula or in a course of learning.

Four topics are explored in the following chapters:

•The Law of Evolution
•Evolution in the States
•Intelligent Design
•Teaching Evolution

54 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 2012

About the author

Jack Hassard, Ph.D. is Emeritus Professor of Science Education at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. He is an internationally known science educator, researcher and writer. His books include Minds on Science, The Art of Teaching Science, The Whole Cosmos Catalogue of Science, Science as Inquiry, Environmental Science on the Net.

He’s been blogging since 2005 at jackhassard.org. His blog writing served as the foundation for The Trump Files. His book is a vivid, real-time documentation of the nation’s turbulent Trump years returning citizens to those troubling days of not-so-very-long-ago to help deal with the future.

Jack Hassard has also spent an adventurous career as a “Citizen Diplomat”, traveling extensively through Russia and the world, creating courses, exchanging democratic views on psychology, medicine, sociology, and other subjects needed for a peaceful coexistence and to prevent war.

As the cover of his new book, The Trump Files portends, we are living in a world that has been turned on its head. There are no alternate facts! There are many books out now on the Trump years, but this one comes from a practical and extensive wisdom that should not be missed.