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Peer reviewedParakh, Jal S.; Slesnick, Irwin L. – Science Teacher, 1992
Focuses on the moral arguments for and against the controversial topic of voluntary active euthanasia. Discusses the question of legalization and decriminalization of the practice. Provides a student worksheet with questions to stimulate discussion on the issue. (MDH)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Death, Euthanasia, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedJohnson, Phillip E. – Academe, 1995
Legal and educational aspects of the debate over religious expression entering the college classroom are examined, particularly as they relate to inclusion of creationism into science instruction. It is concluded that the central question is not whether creationism is religious, but whether it is true, and that truth benefits from open debate over…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Beliefs, College Faculty, College Instruction
Skoog, Gerald – 1981
This paper, presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers, is focused on legal and judicial problems in mandating equal time for creationism. Past events provide evidence that legislation, policies, and local resolutions that require science textbooks and curricula to include the Genesis account of creation are…
Descriptors: Biology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedLewin, Roger – Science, 1981
Reviews the major points of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenge to the Arkansas bill "Unbiased Presentation of Creation Science and Evolution Science Bill." (SK)
Descriptors: Biology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Creationism
Raloff, Janet – Science News, 1982
Updates information pertaining to the ongoing court case in Arkansas in which the American Civil Liberties Union contends that the "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act" is unconstitutional. Summarizes issues from both sides. (DC)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Creationism


