Primary curriculum - lacks concepts of natural selection and evolution

source: http://www.humanism.org.uk/documents/4497 & www.humanism.org.uk/primaryscience

 

Our main concern with the new primary curriculum is that the ‘scientific and technological understanding’ area of learning makes no requirement for pupils to learn about and investigate the concepts of natural selection and evolution. We believe that the theory of evolution – arguably the single most important idea underlying the life sciences today – must be included in the primary curriculum. The wealth of new educational resources on evolution available for children of primary school age demonstrates their ability to grasp the simpler concepts associated with it, and a basic understanding of evolution will help lay the foundation for a surer scientific understanding later in the curriculum. More...