The science curriculum

Jerry Coyne blogs a letter from a NZ science teacher about the new science curriculum. Take the time to read the full post, but here is some of what will be taught in science:

• That mātauranga Māori is equivalent to science
• That science is a Western knowledge system
• The study of Maori gods and “their powers.
• The tale of Maui and Aoraki
• The concept of mauri, that inanimate objects have a life force

The latter three would be fine in a social studies class, but not in a science class.