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Direct linkOzay Kose, Esra – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2010
Evolution has not being well addressed in schools partly because it is a controversial topic in religious views. In the present study, it is explored to what extent Turkish secondary school biology teachers and students accommodate the theory of biological evolution with their religious beliefs. Two-hundred fifty secondary school students and…
Descriptors: Evolution, Biology, Secondary School Students, Religious Factors
Peker, Deniz; Comert, Gulsum Gul; Kence, Aykut – Science & Education, 2010
Even though in the early years of the Republic of Turkey Darwin's theory of evolution was treated as a scientific theory and taught fairly in schools, despite all the substantial evidence accumulated supporting the theory of evolution since then, Darwin and his ideas today have been scorned by curriculum and education policy makers. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Evolution, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Educational Policy
Deniz, Hasan; Donnelly, Lisa A.; Yilmaz, Irfan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
In this study, using multiple regression analysis, we aimed to explore the factors related to acceptance of evolutionary theory among preservice Turkish biology teachers using conceptual ecology for biological evolution as a theoretical lens. We aimed to determine the extent to which we can account for the variance in acceptance of evolutionary…
Descriptors: Evolution, Ecology, Multiple Regression Analysis, Biology
Peer reviewedShapiro, Arthur M. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Defines Islamic creationism and anti-evolutionism in Turkey, provides information about political and cultural changes starting from the 1920s, and discusses Islamic movements at this time. Presents examples of politicians' approaches to this issue and points out the effects of Christian creationism and the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) on…
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSayin, Umit; Kence, Aykut – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Compares "being Muslim" in Turkey with other Islamic countries and describes the regime changes of the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. Explains evolution in Islamic understanding and discusses creationism's effects and evolution's place in the high school biology curriculum. Defines the Science Research Foundation's (BAV) and…
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Evolution
Peer reviewedEdis, Taner – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Defines how political balances and changes in Turkey effect creation-evolution relation. Describes the influences of Bilim Arastirma Vakfi (BAV) on these changes, which are directly targeted to public education, and discusses the content of creationism. Questions why Islamic creationism is a copy of that of the Institute for Creation Research…
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education
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