Citizen response to attacks on science education
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Citizen response to attacks on science
educationJosh Rosenau
National Center forScience Education
or… Help, there’s science denial in my
schools!
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Bad legislation, 2009-2013
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Control of
education
Federal government
State legislature
State board of ed./standards
Local school board
TeacherInfluence
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17,000 school districts
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promote creationism
1 in 8 HS science teachers
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Denialist mailing reported
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Case study 1: Statewide textbooks
•15 elected members approve textbooks for use statewide. The books submitted are fine.
•6 committed votes for creationist changes
•6 committed votes against
•3 unsure
•You are represented by a swing vote.
•What can you and your neighbors do to influence your board member?
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Case study 2: Climate denial video
•Friend mentions her kid’s 8th grade science teacher showed “Unstoppable Solar Cycles”
•Movie misrepresents science, scientists
•Claims sun, not humanity, drives climate change
•Was mailed to teachers by advocacy group
•You don’t have kids in the schools.
•What can you do to help your friend and stop kids from being misinformed?
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ReconWho?What?When?Where
?Why?How?
Contact NCSE
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Set clear goals•What will winning mean ideally?
•What is the worst you’d accept?
•What is the core principle?
•Is there a longer-term goal?
•What is the timeline?•Who can enact the
change?
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Decision makers•Individuals, not institutions
•What are their limits?•Where and when do they
act?•What do they want?•Who do they trust or
listen to?•(Who do they mistrust?)
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Strength in numbers
•What do they want?•Who do they trust or
listen to?•(Who do they mistrust?)
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If you're in a coalition and you're
comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough
coalition.
–Bernice Johnson Reagon
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Who should you recruit?
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Choose leaders wisely
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Plan a strategyGoals
Organizational
ConcernsFriends / foes Targets Tactics
Long-term Your assets
•Who may be with you?•What do they need?
Who will decide?
Vary by target and
goal
Intermediate
Your needs (budget,
allies, etc.)
•Who will oppose you?•Why?
Who will shape their decision?
Build on your
power
Short-term
(stepstones)
Your limits(to
overcome)
•What power do you have over the target?•What power do your foes have?
How do you exert power over them?
Make sense to
allies
Based on the Midwest Academy’s “Strategy Chart”
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Start quietly, nicely
You can always escalate, but it’s hard to ramp down
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How scientists think they win
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While creationists…
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MOM/CHILDLIB
MOM/CHILDLIB
HARD ROCKHARD ROCK
GENETICENGINEERING
GENETICENGINEERING
ALCOHOLALCOHOL
TERRORISMTERRORISM
HOMOSEXHOMOSEX
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Science denial is wrong
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Science denial is harmful
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Science denial is not irrational
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Science denial is driven by personal identity and deep, real, important concerns
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Strongest messages in both rounds of research •Invoke the role of evolution in making advances in medicine and curing diseases•The compatibility of religious faith and acceptance of evolution•One’s personal religious viewpoints should not be imposed on public school students
Audience Research Audience Research Selected Findings
A key framing pointScience class should help students to understand how science works and how scientists do their jobs. Evolution is a core scientific principle that is foundational to many areas of science and helps scientists make technological developments, like curing disease.
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Shared valuesShared cultural background
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Be personal
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Plan for tomorrow
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Board of ed strategy
GoalsOrganizatio
nal Concerns
Friends / foes Targets Tactics
Have local connections, scientific expertise
Science teachers, university community, secular/civil liberties groups, who else?
State board of
education member
Textbooks
adopted
Tea party groups, conservative megachurch
Major donors, voters
Need broader
network, $, political/media savvy
•What power do you have over the target?•What power do your foes have?
How do you exert power over them?
Based on the Midwest Academy’s “Strategy Chart”
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http://ncse.comhttp://facebook.com/evolution.ncse
http://twitter.com/ncse