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Oct 23, 2019 · Teaching evolution is widely accepted in most Western countries, in spite of occasional opposition. Sadly, this is not the case in most Muslim countries, where it is banned from many schools and ...
- Mohammed Alassiri
- assirim@ksau-hs.edu.sa
- 2020
Jun 9, 2020 · Background Over a decade ago, the first nationally representative probability survey concerning the teaching of evolution revealed disquieting facts about evolution education in the United States. This 2007 survey found that only about one in three public high school biology teachers presented evolution consistently with the recommendations of the nation’s leading scientific authorities. And ...
- Eric Plutzer, Glenn Branch, Ann Reid
- 2020
Aug 16, 2021 · Religious fundamentalists are not only more likely to reject evolution themselves, but are also more likely to support efforts to undermine the teaching of evolution in the public schools (Baker, 2013; Berkman and Plutzer, 2010; Branch et al., 2010). Over the last century, such efforts have taken various forms—banning the teaching of evolution outright, balancing evolution with biblical ...
- Jon D Miller, Eugenie C Scott, Mark S Ackerman, Belén Laspra, Glenn Branch, Carmelo Polino, Jordan S...
- 2021
Aug 11, 2021 · Muslim student acceptance of evolution was particularly low when considering their acceptance of human evolution and the common ancestry of life on Earth; Muslim students, on average, did not agree with items indicating acceptance of human evolution and only 36.5% of Muslim students chose items that indicated acceptance of the common ancestry of life.
- M. Elizabeth Barnes, Julie A. Roberts, Samantha A. Maas, Sara E. Brownell
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0255588
- 2021
- PLoS One. 2021; 16(8): e0255588.
Mar 3, 2011 · Nevertheless, evolution is included in the textbooks of most high school students in the Islamic world (with the notable exception of Saudi Arabia, where the national curriculum includes explicit ...
Impasse on Teaching Evolution (Oxford University Press, 2020). Although the debate about how to teach about the world’s origins seems to never end, the terms of the debate have shifted considerably during the past century. By Adam Laats AN ETERNAL MONKEY TRIAL? EVOLUTION AND CREATIONISM IN U.S. SCHOOLS WHOSE TRUTH DO WE TEACH? IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES
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Aug 11, 2021 · To explore perceptions of evolution among Muslim students in the United States, we surveyed 7,909 college students in 52 biology classes in 13 states about their acceptance of evolution, interest in evolution, and understanding of evolution. Muslim students in our sample, on average, did not agree with items that measured acceptance of ...
