Evolution now part of the English primary national curriculum

[Cyberman]

https://humanism.org.uk/2014/09/01/evolu...urriculum/

[British Humanist Association] Education Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, ‘Scientists and educators have long told us that evolution is such a central idea to biology that it should be taught from a primary level instead of at GCSE. It is vital that every young person has a good understanding of how life came to be and we are pleased that today’s changes mean that from now on, young people will have more opportunities to learn about such an important topic and from an earlier age at that. We’re pleased to see the fulfilment today of our decade-long campaign.’

Good news, but still very sad that it's taken until well into the 21st century for it to happen.

[The Valkyrie]

https://humanism.org.uk/2014/09/01/evolu...urriculum/

[British Humanist Association] Education Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, ‘Scientists and educators have long told us that evolution is such a central idea to biology that it should be taught from a primary level instead of at GCSE. It is vital that every young person has a good understanding of how life came to be and we are pleased that today’s changes mean that from now on, young people will have more opportunities to learn about such an important topic and from an earlier age at that. We’re pleased to see the fulfilment today of our decade-long campaign.’

Good news, but still very sad that it's taken until well into the 21st century for it to happen.

Excellent.

Agree with the sentiment that it's long overdue.

In an age where we should be progressing beyond our childhood as a species, those who believe in myths are still trying to hold us back.

[Dolorian]

Great news!

Also agree with the sentiment that it shouldn't have taken this long for this to happen. Evolution is such a fundamental and established theory that it seems irresponsible to me to not properly educate kids on it from a primary level and even below and onwards. Kids should be given a proper and complete scientific education along with critical thinking skills.

[Greed™]

Singularity

[Cyberman]

Thanks for sharing. Why you didn't start your own thread on it escapes me, however.

[Surgenator]

Makes me wonder if the US was better off as a british colony.

[Dolorian]

Makes me wonder if the US was better off as a british colony.

Yeah it will be very nice and a huge sign of progress when the US embraces something similar to this in a wide scale.

I don't live in there but I find it baffling that the US has such a high percentage of creationists and that evolution is seen as controversial by a large part of the general public.

[Dystopia]

I agree with this of course but I don't know what is primary curriculum in Britain - If it's primary school then I think evolution should only be taught by the basics, not everything - Little kids should be more concerned about learning how to read and do proper maths.

I was taught evolution at science classes during school and also during history lessons up to highschool, and I think this is the norm, you can't teach adam and eve in school duh.

[vorlon13]

Even the Creationist's arguments against evolution have evolved over time.

Evolution is universal.

[Anomalocaris]

https://humanism.org.uk/2014/09/01/evolu...urriculum/

[British Humanist Association] Education Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, ‘Scientists and educators have long told us that evolution is such a central idea to biology that it should be taught from a primary level instead of at GCSE. It is vital that every young person has a good understanding of how life came to be and we are pleased that today’s changes mean that from now on, young people will have more opportunities to learn about such an important topic and from an earlier age at that. We’re pleased to see the fulfilment today of our decade-long campaign.’

Good news, but still very sad that it's taken until well into the 21st century for it to happen.

Don't be embarrassed. It took until well into the 21st century for your English speaking cousins on this side of the Atlantic also. It must be a Anglo-Saxon thing.

The minor difference between us is where as you are already in your 21st century, we are still in our 16th.