Israeli teachers discouraged from teaching evolution
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/183006-180830-israeli-teachers-discouraged-from-teaching-evolution-report
Excerpt: "Many students in the Israeli school system are not learning about evolution and the Education Ministry is discreetly encouraging teachers to avoid the subject in primary school biology courses, a local media report found on Wednesday.
A handful of Israeli teachers told Channel 10 that the Education Ministry promotes the avoidance of the theory of Charles Darwin who said all living things evolved from common ancestry. The teachers reportedly said they are not trained to teach the subject and are instead encouraged to teach other subjects within the sciences.
A handful of Israeli teachers told Channel 10 that the Education Ministry promotes the avoidance of the theory of Charles Darwin who said all living things evolved from common ancestry. The teachers reportedly said they are not trained to teach the subject and are instead encouraged to teach other subjects within the sciences.
Israeli children in kindergarten through elementary school do not receive biology lessons on the origins of mankind, according to the report. Only when they reach middle school do teachers vaguely refer to evolution during general classroom discussion, it added.
Before the Israeli high school curriculum was changed five years ago, it included one unit on evolution, the teachers said.
This unit was replaced by subjects like genetics, species survival, and environmental adaptation, according to the three biology teachers who spoke to Channel 10.
A 2016 survey found secular Israelis are more inclined than Orthodox Israelis to see a contradiction between science and religion.
The Pew Research Center found that approximately half of Israelis believed in evolution."
My comment: The theory of evolution is just a hypothetical model and it has nothing to do with science. The Education Ministry of Israel has done a wise solution because the theory of evolution has too many scientific controversies and gaps. Btw, did you know that Jews are the most intelligent people in the world? Look at the facts:
"As of 2017, Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 892 individuals, of whom 201 or 22.5% were Jews, although the total Jewish population comprises less than 0.2% of the world's population."
