Evolution Education Re-considered [electronic resource] : Understanding What Works /
Harms, Ute.editor.
Reiss, Michael J.editor.
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. .
1 Foreword; Kostas Kampourakis -- 2 The present status of evolution education; Ute Harms and Michael J Reiss -- 3 Evidence for the success of a quantitative assessment instrument for teaching evolution in primary schools in England; Loredana L. Buchan, Momna V. Hejmadi and Laurence D. Hurst -- 4 Learning about evolution in a cross-curricular session: Findings from a small-scale intervention study with pre-service primary school teachers; Berry Billingsley, Manzoorul Abedin, Keith Chappell and Chris Hatcher -- 5 Developmental progression in learning about evolution in the 5-14 age range in England; Terry Russell and Linda McGuigan -- 6 Teaching evolution along a learning progression: An Austrian attempt with a focus on selection; Jaqueline Scheibstock, Heidemarie Amon, Helene Bauer and Martin Scheuch -- 7 Inequitable foundations? Educational equality in evolution; Jaimie L. Miller-Friedmann, Susan E. Sunbury and Philip M. Sadler -- 8 Examining teaching assistants’ (TA) experiences facilitating traditional vs active learning-based tree-thinking curricula: TA perceptions, student outcomes, and implications for teaching and learning about evolution; Yi Kong, Nancy Pelaez, Trevor R. Anderson and Jeffrey T. Olimpo -- 9 Utility of context-based learning to influence teacher understanding of evolution and genetics concepts related to food security issues in East Africa; Timothy A. Goodale -- 10 Bridging the gap towards flying: Archaeopteryx as a unique evolutionary tool to inquiry-based learning; Alexandra Buck, Sofoklis Sotiriou and Franz X. Bogner -- 11 Overcoming motivational barriers to understanding and accepting evolution through gameful learning; David C. Owens -- 12 Using human examples to teach evolution to high school students: Increasing understanding and decreasing cognitive biases and misconceptions; Briana Pobiner, William A. Watson, Paul M. Beardsley and Constance M. Bertka -- 13 Models and modeling in evolution; Kathy L Malone, Anita M. Schuchardt and Zakee Sabree -- 14 Cultural diversity and evolution: Looking for a dialogical teaching perspective; Alma Adrianna Gómez Galindo , Alejandra García Franco , Leonardo Gonzáles Galli and José de la Cruz Torres Frías -- 15 Transforming a college biology course to engage students: Exploring shifts in evolution knowledge and mechanistic reasoning; Lisa O. Kenyon, Emily M. Walter and William L. Romine -- 16 Improving student understanding of randomness and probability to support learning about evolution; Ute Harms and Daniela Fiedler -- 17 Evolution learning and creationism: Thinking in informal learning environments; Jorge Groß, Kerstin Kremer and Julia Arnold -- 18 Using object-based learning to support teaching and learning about biological evolution: a case study at the Grant Museum of Zoology; Jo Nicholl and Paul Davies -- 19 What now for evolution education?; Michael J. Reiss and Ute Harms -- 20 Index.
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Evolution (Biology).
Science Education.
Learning & Instruction.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Evolutionary Biology.