The Architect and the Scaffold

Evolution and education in South Africa Over 90 per cent of the goods we use – from smartphones to the fuel in our cars – are transported by ships. The cargo shipping industry is the most globalised industry in the world, yet we know very little about the context in which these ships operate or the ways in which seafaring labour is organised.

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format:

168mm x 230mm (Soft Cover)

Pages:

171

ISBN-13:

978-07969-2003-4

Publish Year:

2002

Rights:

World Rights

Preface
Wilmot James

A Tribute to Stephen Jay Gould
Pippa Skotnes

Introduction
Wilmot James and Lynne Wilson

SECTION 1
Science, Evolution and Schooling in South Africa

Science, Evolution and Schooling in South Africa
Jeffrey Lever
Comment and Response to Science, Evolution and Schooling in South Africa
Wieland Gevers
Religion, Science and Evolution in South Africa: The Politics and Construction of the Revised National Curriculum Statement for Schools (Grades R – 9)
Linda Chisholm
Science, Evolution, Religion and Education – Creating Opportunities for Learning in South Africa’s Schools
Naledi Pandor
Alternative Sense-making Strategies – Can our Schools handle the Challenge?
Bernard C. Lategan

SECTION 2
Evolution, Creationism, Indigenous Knowledge

The Evolution/Creationism Debate: Insights and Implications from the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Perspective
Catherine Odora Hoppers
Islamic Discourse on Evolution: Response to Science, Evolution and Schooling in South Africa by Jeffrey Lever
Abdulkader Tayob
Evolution, Creationism, Indigenous Knowledge: A Comment from a Somewhat Dissident Jewish Perspective
Denis Davis
Christianity and Evolution
David Chidester

SECTION 3
Biology, Evolution, Curriculum Development and Publishing

The Structure of the Natural Sciences Learning Area Statement and Opportunities within it for the Teaching and Learning of Evolution
Dev Isaac
Science, Evolution and Book Publishing: A Publisher’s Dilemma
Fathima Dada
Challenges of Writing about Evolution in School Textbooks
Colleen Dawson

SECTION 4
The Genome, Biology and Education

Science, Genomics and Education in South Africa
Kader Asmal

About the Authors
Index

Dr Wilmot James is an Honorary Professor in the Division of Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1982) and is the author or editor of 13 books. Dr James was formerly an Executive Director of the Human Sciences Research Council, a Dean of Humanities at the University of Cape Town, an Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. He has held visiting positions at Yale University, Indiana University, the American Bar Foundation and, as an Associate Editor, the Cape Argus. He most recently was Moore Distinguished Visiting Professor of History and Sociology at California Institute of Technology.