Evolution Education Re-considered
Understanding What Works
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This collection presents research-based interventions using existing knowledge to produce new pedagogies to teach evolution to learners more successfully, whether in schools or elsewhere. ‘Success’ here is measured as cognitive gains, as acceptance of evolution or an increased desire to continue to learn about it. Aside from introductory and concluding chapters by the editors, each chapter consists of a research-based intervention intended to enable evolution to be taught successfully; all these interventions have been researched and evaluated by the chapters’ authors and the findings are presented along with discussions of the implications. The result is an important compendium of studies from around the word conducted both inside and outside of school. The volume is unique and provides an essential reference point and platform for future work for the foreseeable future.
This collection presents research-based interventions using existing knowledge to produce new pedagogies to teach evolution to learners more successfully, whether in schools or elsewhere. ‘Success’ here is measured as cognitive gains, as acceptance of evolution or an increased desire to continue to learn about it. Aside from introductory and concluding chapters by the editors, each chapter consists of a research-based intervention intended to enable evolution to be taught successfully; all these interventions have been researched and evaluated by the chapters’ authors and the findings are presented along with discussions of the implications. The result is an important compendium of studies from around the word conducted both inside and outside of school. The volume is unique and provides an essential reference point and platform for future work for the foreseeable future.
Focuses on the teaching of the central, key, unifying framework of biology Reports on the findings of interventions designed to improve learning about evolution Suggests future avenues for research depending on the characteristics of learners and the nature of the learning environment
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Ute Harms
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“This book makes sense for anyone involved in the teaching of biology. ... The text is exciting because it stimulates creativity to devise new ways of teaching. ... This book is very useful to go against the confusion about the acceptance and understanding of biological evolution; as I mentioned previously, each context provides situations that lead us to imagine other ways of teaching and learning biological evolution.” (J. William Cruz Castillo, Science & Education, Vol. 33 (2), 2024)
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Unlike most other scientific subjects, an understanding of evolution requires teachers and students to confront both conceptual and personal concerns. This volume brings together contemporary research that directly tackles issues faced by teachers in the classroom. (Dr E. Margaret Evans, University of Michigan, USA)Evolution is not a faith, or a belief system, or a political philosophy, but a science like any other and this book goes a long way to provide those who teach it with the tools to make that clear. (Professor Steve Jones, University College London, UK)This book offers fresh perspectives and novel empirical insights into the teaching and learning of one of the most foundational biological phenomena: evolutionary change. The study of learning in elementary contexts and a focus on threshold concepts set this work apart from many other books in evolution education. This volume is essential reading for teachers andscholars in biology education. (Dr Ross H. Nehm, Stony Brook University, USA)This volume systematically synthesizes the current state of the art through the voices of multiple leading evolution educators. It illuminates newly emerging evolutionary education interventions from around the world. It truly communicates an impressive single collection of diverse contemporary perspectives in evolution education. (Professor Lena Tibell, Linköping University, Sweden)This is an ambitious and urgently needed collection of evidence-based resources for teaching biological evolution, across cultures and along a wide spectrum of both formal and informal education settings from primary schools to universities and more. The field of evolution education is growing, and there are many reasons for optimism about its future. This book is one of them. (Dr Jason R. Wiles, Syracuse University, USA)
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