tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304574086397404369.post1367546343463474093..comments2024-01-05T07:41:44.344+00:00Comments on Further thoughts for the day: Creationist Zoo gets education awardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304574086397404369.post-18836631047987091272014-02-03T20:57:46.684+00:002014-02-03T20:57:46.684+00:00Here is the letter I sent them:
"I am writing...Here is the letter I sent them:<br />"I am writing in a personal capacity, and am not representing my employers, though I would hope they would agree with what I have to say.<br /><br />I found out today that you have given an LOtC Quality Badge to the Noah's Ark Zoo in Bristol. This undermines your position as providers of awards highlighting quality education. Noah's Ark does not educate, it indoctrinates. <br /><br />To quote Prof Alice Roberts, who is a better writer than I:<br /><br />"... the "critical approach" put forward by Noah's Ark is a disingenuous redressing of a centuries-old story which has its place in our culture but has absolutely nothing to do with science education."<br /><br />You may wish to read her full article from the 8th December 2013 in The Observer, as it expresses better than I why Noah's Ark Zoo should be criticised for "education" and not lauded.<br /><br />I hope that you will remove this award from them, because, whilst organisations that are anti-education are being awarded this badge, I can no longer trust it as an indicator of good education."English Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472815676266826531noreply@blogger.com