Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 426 g
Understanding the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Controversy
Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 426 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-96380-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
This is a very timely book for teachers and policy makers who are wrestling with issues of how to teach biology and evolution within a cultural context in which intelligent design has been and is likely to remain a challenge for the foreseeable future.
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Preface
Part I: Epistemology
1. Demarcation in Science Education: Toward an Enhanced View of Scientific Method (Richard A. Duschl & Richard Grandy)
2. Evolution, Creation, and the Philosophy Of Science (Paul Thagard)
3. Differences in Epistemic Practices among Scientists, Young Earth Creationists, Intelligent Design Creationists, and the Scientist-Creationists of Darwin’s Era (Clark A. Chinn & Luke A. Buckland)
4. Ontological Assumptions about Species and Their Influence on Students’ Understanding of Evolutionary Biology (Ala Samarapungavan)
5. Understanding Evolutionary Theory: The Role of Epistemological Development and Beliefs (Barbara K. Hofer, Chak Fu Lam, & Alex DeLisi)
6. Engaging Multiple Epistemologies: Implications for Science Education (E. Margaret Evans & Karl. S. Rosengren)
Part II: Intelligent Design & Evolution
7. Accepting evolution or creation in people, critters, plants, and classrooms: The maelstrom of American cognition about biological change (Michael A. Ranney & Anastasia Thanukos)
8. Science and Religion: Ontologically Different Epistemologies? (Gale M. Sinatra & Louis Nadelson)
Part III: Teaching Science
9. Toward a Cognitive Understanding of Science and Religion (Ryan D. Tweney)
10. Teaching and Learning Evolution as an Emergent Process: The BEAGLE project (Uri Wilensky & Michael Novak)
11. Teaching Evolution in a Historical Context: From the Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks to Genetic Algorithms (Michel Ferrari, Peter Lee, & Roger S. Taylor
Conclusion
12. Teach the Demarcation: Suggestions for Science Education (Michel Ferrari & Roger S. Taylor)