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Science has transformed our lives and the way we educate. The universe, our bodies, our selves are more fascinating and sometimes more troubling than they have ever been. In education, science and the mathematics that serves it have become one of the most important and demanding parts of the curriculum.
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SCIENTIFIC LITERACY
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 What Are the Goals of a True Science Education?
The Science Content Standards for California Public Schools proposes that the science curriculum has as its goal forming "scientifically literate citizens in the twenty-first century." This means that by the time students graduate from high school, they should understand the "core concepts, principles, and theories of science." Unfortunately, this list leaves out several things that should be even more important goals of a science curriculum.
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FAITH AND REASON
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 The Need for Both Faith and Reason in the Practice of Science
How should a Catholic think about the scientific discoveries, theories and uses that almost dominate contemporary culture? For some, science has such a sacred aura that any scientific report is accepted with a kind of false faith as "Gospel" truth. For others, science seems only to promote ideas that challenge belief in God, the spiritual nature of man, and the sanctity of human life. There is a need for proper scientific investigations using right reason based on Western scientific methodology that relies on holy faith in God, and that, in good conscious, follows Magisterial teachings, not violating the revealed truths of the Catholic Church.
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 Leslie Mitros, Aquinas Academy
What is a mathematical girl like me doing in a place like this? Sometimes I ask that question as I sit in my office as Head of School at Aquinas Academy in Pittsburgh, PA. As a K - 12 independent Catholic school that is classical in nature, Aquinas Academy has a mathematician at the helm. Not that there's anything wrong with that! It has worked well for the last six years as I have continued to grow in knowledge and appreciation of the elements of a classical liberal education in the Catholic tradition.
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 The Spirit of J. Henri Fabre
"Well, if I write for men of learning, for philosophers, who, one day, will try to some extent to unravel the tough problem of instinct, I write also, I write above all things, for the young, I want to make them love the natural history which you make them hate; and that is why, while keeping strictly to the domain of truth, I avoid your scientific prose, which too often, alas, seems borrowed from some Iroquois idiom!" -- J. Henri Fabre
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