Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for Science Teaching

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Kicking off a new decade, we are happy to welcome Joe Shane (Professor of Chemistry and Science Education at Shippensburg University) and Lee Meadows (science educator at the School of Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham) to the show. Joe and Lee (in addition to Ronald Hermann and Ian Binns) are co-authors of a new book from NSTA Press called Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond. Written for teachers at all levels and also for informal science settings, Making Sense helps teachers prepare for student questions about science and religion so they can confidently facilitate discussions while respecting student beliefs. Joe and Lee join us to talk about their new book, describe how they benefit from their attendance at professional conferences, and share some of their strategies for making sense of science and religion.

Links:

• Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond by Joseph W. Shane, Lee Meadows, Ronald S. Hermann, and Ian C. Binns (NSTA Press)
• Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond (Book Sample)
• The Missing Link: An Inquiry Approach for Teaching All Students About Evolution by Lee Meadows (Heinemann)
• National Center for Science Education
• NSTA Evolution Resources
• AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion
• Biologos is an organization started by Dr. Francis Collins (lead scientist on human genome project, current head of NIH)
• Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University Elaine Ecklund (Rice University) provides a very broad approach to science-religion issues. She writes extensively about science-religion issues and she runs an institute for this purpose.

Featured image courtesy of Lee Meadows

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