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Ruse, Michael – Science & Education, 2013
Many (including the author) argue that reading the classics in the field should be part of a scientist's education. However, how you read the classics can be very different depending on whether you read them as a historian or as a practicing scientist. This point will be made by comparing two readings of Charles Darwin's "Origin of…
Descriptors: Science History, Evolution, Classics (Literature), Science Instruction
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Losh, Susan Carol; Nzekwe, Brandon – Science & Education, 2011
Faculty have long expressed concern about pseudoscience belief among students. Most US research on such beliefs examines evolution-creation issues among liberal arts students, the general public, and occasionally science educators. Because of their future influence on youth, we examined basic science knowledge and several pseudoscience beliefs…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preservice Teachers, Creationism, Preservice Teacher Education
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Marcelos, Maria Fatima; Nagem, Ronaldo L. – Science & Education, 2010
Our objective is to contribute to the teaching of Classical Darwinian "Evolution" by means of a study of analogies and metaphors. Throughout the history of knowledge about "Evolution" and in Science teaching, tree structures have been used an analogs to refer to "Evolution," such as by Darwin in the "Tree of Life" passage contained in "On The…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Logical Thinking, Evolution, Science Education