Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Alwyn Poole: Students told 'telescopes were built that had found god in the sky'
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Alwyn Poole: Students told 'telescopes were built that had found god in the sky'
Former students at Mt Hobson Middle School say they were taught creationism as the preferred theory of how the world was created, and were shown a video which said telescopes were built that found God in the sky.
Alwyn Poole, a Villa Education Trust board member and principal of Mt Hobson Middle School, told Mike Hosking there is another side to the story.
"The student's recollection of the teacher's statements and the ability to discuss are highly flawed."
LISTEN ABOVE AS ALWYN POOLE SPEAKS TO MIKE HOSKING
View all episodes
By Newstalk ZBFormer students at Mt Hobson Middle School say they were taught creationism as the preferred theory of how the world was created, and were shown a video which said telescopes were built that found God in the sky.
Alwyn Poole, a Villa Education Trust board member and principal of Mt Hobson Middle School, told Mike Hosking there is another side to the story.
"The student's recollection of the teacher's statements and the ability to discuss are highly flawed."
LISTEN ABOVE AS ALWYN POOLE SPEAKS TO MIKE HOSKING