Mr Michael Poole BSc MPhil AKC FRSA
Visiting Research Fellow, Science and Religion
Kings College London
Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom
Biography
Michael Poole trained as a physicist and became Head of Physics at a South London Boys’ Comprehensive School. Three years preparing and broadcasting radio programmes on science-and-religion for overseas audiences followed. He then joined the full-time staff of King's College London as Lecturer in Science Education with research interests in science and religion, with special reference to education. He introduced a Master’s level module in Science and Religion and is currently Visiting Research Fellow in Science and Religion at King's College. He is the author of several books and over a hundred papers and articles on science and religion for science teachers, religious education specialists and a general readership. Further details on homepage:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/people/academic/poolem.aspx
Biography
Michael Poole was appointed Lecturer in Science Education (Physics) in 1973 at King's College London, following periods of school teaching and radio broadcasting. His research interests are in the interplay between science and religion, with particular reference to the educational context and he is currently Visiting Research Fellow in Science & Religion in the Department of Education and Professional Studies at King's College London. For many years he ran a 30/25 hour elective course on science and religion for postgraduate students in the Department.
He was on the editorial committee of Science and Christian Belief from its inception, served on the committee of Christians in Science for many years, was a founder member of the Science and Religion Forum and its Chairman from 2000-3. In 1993 he was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1995 and 1998 he received a Templeton Award for his MA module in Science and Religion and in 1996 a prize for his paper 'A Critique of Aspects of the Philosophy and Theology of Richard Dawkins' [Science and Christian Belief, 6 (1) 41-59, 1994].
In 1998 he was presented with one of 12 international awards from the Templeton Foundation for 'Quality and Excellence in Teaching Science and Religion'. He has written over a hundred papers and articles as well as several books on issues of science and religion for science teachers, religious education specialists and a general readership. These include Beliefs and Values in Science Education, Buckingham: Open University Press, (1995) the latest two being, User's Guide to Science and Belief (2007) and The 'New' Atheism: Ten Arguments that Don't Hold Water? (2009), both from Lion Hudson.
Honoraria Titles
Major Prizes
Religion, Philosophy & History Interests
Christianity-Protestantism, History of Religion, History of Science, Philosophy of Religion, Theology
Science & Technology Interests
Anthropology, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Human Origins, Physics
Website
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/education/people/academic/poole
Publications
User's Guide to Science and Belief
Lion Hudson 2007. Published in USA as Exploring Science and Belief, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc
God, Humanity and the Cosmos: a Textbook in Science and Religion
T&T 1999, 2003 (1st edn); 2005 (2nd edn)
Editors:Southgate, C. (1999, 2003, 2005) and Poole, M. (1999)
Beliefs and Values in Science Education
Open University Press 1995
A Guide to Science and Belief
Lion Hudson 1994 + various translations
Creation or Evolution - A False Antithesis?
Latimer House (Latimer Studies 23/24) 1987. With a chapter by G.J.Wenham
A Guide to Science and Belief
Lion Publishing 1990
God Talk: Science Talk — A Teacher’s Guide to Science & Belief
Lion Publishing 1997
Co-authors: Adrian Brown and Sue Hookway
Teaching about Science and Religion: opportunities within Science in the National Curriculum
Culham College Institute 1998
The ‘New’ Atheism: Ten Arguments that Don’t Hold Water?
Lion Hudson 2009
‘Semiconductors’, ‘Electromagnetic Waves’, ‘Lasers’, Nuffield Advanced Science Sourcebook (Physical Sciences)
Penguin 1974
Editors:B.E.Dawson
‘Teaching About Issues of Science and Religion’ in Priorities in Religious Education
Falmer Press 1992
Editors:Watson, B
‘Science and Science Education: A Judeo-Christian Perspective’ in Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education
Kluwers Academic Publishers 1998
Editors:Cobern, W.W.
‘Science and Education’ in God, Humanity and the Cosmos: a Textbook in Science and Religion
T & T Clark 1999
Editors:Joint editor
‘Science and Education’ in God, Humanity and the Cosmos: Second Edition Revised and Expanded as a Companion to the Science—Religion Debate
T & T Clark 2005
Editors:C. Southgate
'The Scientific Enterprise and Teaching about Creation' in Teaching About Scientific Origins: Taking Account of Creationism
Peter Lang 2007
Editors:Jones, L. and Reiss, M. J.
‘Science and Education’ in God, Humanity and the Cosmos: Third Edition, A Textbook in Science and Religion, revised and updated
T & T Clark 2011
Editors:C. Southgate
‘Spiritual education’ in Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching
Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education 2011
Co-authors: Wright, A, & Brandom, A-M,
Editors:J. Dillon & M. Maguire
‘Challenges Faced by Faith-Based Schools with Special Reference to the Interplay between Science and Religion’ in International Handbook of Learning, Teaching and Leading in Faith-Based Schools
Springer 2014
Editors:J. D. Chapman, S. McNamara, M. J. Reiss, Y. Waghid
Science education and the interplay between science and religion
1985
Volume:67(239)
Pages:252-261
Science-and-religion: A Challenge for Secondary Education
1990
Volume:13(1)
Pages:18-27
The Galileo Affair
1990
Volume:72(258)
Do we teach them wrong? Teaching young people about science and religion
Royal Society of Arts 1993
Pages:39-53
A Critique of Aspects of the Philosophy and Theology of Richard Dawkins
1994
Volume:6(1)
Pages:41-59
A Response to Dawkins & A Reply to Poole
1995
Volume:7(1)
Pages:45-50 & 51-58
