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Aug 21, 2018 · Scientific American’s August 2018 issue included an article, “Bringing Darwin Back,” which chronicles the battles over evolution teaching in American schools since the 1920s and the very recent movement to teach evolution in a way that addresses, rather than ignores, the concerns of religious students. Freelance journalist Adam Piore profiles a Christian biology teacher in a small ...
Feb 4, 2009 · Throughout much of the 20th century, opponents of evolution (many of them theologically conservative Christians) either tried to eliminate the teaching of Darwin’s theory from public school science curricula or urged science instructors also to teach a version of the creation story found in the biblical book of Genesis.
- Us Reforms of Evolution Teaching
- Reforms Affect Evolution Knowledge in School
- Effects Translate Into Evolution Belief in Adulthood
- Reforms Also Affect High-Stakes Occupational Choice
- Implications For The Us and Beyond
- References
Estimating causal effects of school curricula is challenging, as they are not randomly assigned to students but largely reflect the population’s attitudes and beliefs. Therefore, simply matching students’ exposure to evolution teaching with their belief in evolution as adults is unlikely to yield the causal effect of interest here. To isolate the c...
To test whether the evolution coverage in Science Standards affects what students learn about evolution in school, I use data from the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP). This is a standardised student achievement test measuring US students’ knowledge across various subjects and topics. The NAEP test for science in grade 12 contain...
Next, I examine whether the evaluated reforms have lasting effects on evolution beliefs in adulthood. To this end, I use data from the General Social Survey that asks a representative sample of US adults about their belief in evolution. It also elicits a wide range of further scientific, religious, and political attitudes. As the data also records ...
Lastly, I analyse whether the evaluated reforms affect high-stakes choices, namely occupational choice. I hypothesise that learning about evolution, the fundamental theory of life sciences, increases the probability of working in life sciences in adulthood. To measure how evolution teaching impacts occupational choice, I use data from the IPUMS Ame...
The implications of these findings reach beyond evolution teaching in the US. First, the fact that education standards lastingly shape students’ beliefs even on a highly charged topic like evolution suggests effects might be even larger on less controversial topics. Second, the findings may also have bearing for other countries where teaching evolu...
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has produced reports that highlight the potential compatibility of evolution and religion (NAS, 1998, 2008), and the Smithsonian Institution has created materials outlining how high school teachers can teach evolution to high school students while remaining sensitive to these students’ religious beliefs (Smithsonian Institution, 2015).
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May 21, 2024 · Controversy: One common objection to teaching evolution in Christian education is the belief that it contradicts the biblical account of creation. Response: It is important to recognize that the Bible is not a science textbook and should not be interpreted as such. Evolutionary theory can be seen as a way to better understand the intricacies of ...
Oct 6, 2023 · The study presented by Stahi-Hitin and Yarden addresses the disagreement between whether teachers should teach for evolution literacy (focusing on teaching evolution CK) or whether teachers should teach for evolutionary literacy (specifically by relating to students’ religious faith in evolution class). The findings of a survey conducted by these authors point to a difference between ...
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Jan 23, 2019 · Background The religious or cultural objections by many people to the teaching of evolution in high school biology classrooms can impact both students’ willingness to explore a scientific understanding of evolutionary theory and teachers’ willingness to provide sound instruction on the topic. Pedagogical approaches designed to address this tension in the public or private US high school ...
