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The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit organization based in Oakland, California affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/affiliates/#N )〕 The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a not-for-profit, membership organization whose stated mission is to educate the press and the public on the scientific and educational aspects of controversies surrounding the teaching of evolution and climate change, and to provide information and resources to schools, parents, and other citizens working to keep those topics in public school science education. It claims 4,500 members that include scientists, teachers, clergy, and citizens of varied religious and political affiliations.〔("About NCSE" ). January 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.〕〔("Frequently Asked Questions about NCSE" ). January 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.〕 The center opposes the teaching of religious views in science classes in America's public schools through initiatives such as Project Steve, and is regarded as the United States' leading anti-creationist organization.〔''The Panda's Black Box'', Nathaniel C. Comfort, Daniel J. Kevles, p6〕 ==History== In 1980 Stanley L. Weinberg, a veteran high-school teacher in Iowa, began to organize statewide Committees of Correspondence "committed to the defense of education in evolutionary theory," modelled upon the committees of correspondence in pre-Revolutionary America. Their purpose was to keep interested parties informed about creationist endeavours and to share ideas for responses, allowing a political response at a local level. This grew into volunteer networks in most states, with the ''Creation/Evolution Newsletter'' interconnecting them,〔Numbers(2006) p353〕 which was incorporated as the NCSE in 1983.〔(History of NCSE ), National Center for Science Education〕 In 1987, author and lecturer Eugenie Scott, who holds a PhD in Physical Anthropology, became its executive director.〔Tom McIver in ''Isis'', quoted in (Eugenie C. Scott's ''Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction'' ), National Center for Science Education〕 The Board of Directors and official supporters, as explained by NCSE, "reflects our scientific roots." In the 1990s, based upon its monitoring of creationist efforts, it issued warnings of high levels of official anti-evolutionism and a "sharp surge upwards" in creationist attacks on evolution, including attempts to downgrade evolution from "fact" to "theory" (see evolution as theory and fact) or present the "evidence against evolution" (see objections to evolution).〔Numbers(2006) p2〕 The organization's supporters include Bruce Alberts, former President of the National Academy of Sciences; Donald Johanson, discoverer of the "Lucy" fossil; and evolutionary biologist Francisco J. Ayala. Also the late paleontologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould was a long-time supporter. As of 2012, the group has 4500 members who are "scientists, teachers, clergy, and citizens with diverse religious and political affiliations." In November 2013 Ann Reid succeeded Eugenie C. Scott as executive director. Eugenie C. Scott served as executive director for 27 years, 1986 to 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Center for Science Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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