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Dykes, Lord
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider new measures to ensure that evolution is properly and thoroughly taught in schools.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider new measures to ensure that evolution is properly and thoroughly taught in schools.
Asked by
Lord Dykes
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Answered on
24 February 2009
The science programme of study already sets out the legal requirements of the National Curriculum. It clearly states that pupils should be taught:
how uncertainties in scientific knowledge and scientific ideas change over time;
the role of the scientific community in validating these changes;
that variation within species can lead to evolutionary changes; and,
similarities and differences between species can be measured and classified.
Subjects
Curriculum; Schools; Evolution
Date
24 February 2009
Reference
708 c74-5WA; 1455
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House of Lords