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Preservice Science Teachers' Concerns and Approaches for Teaching Socioscientific and Controversial Issues
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Borgerding, Lisa A.; Dagistan, Murat – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018
The teaching of socioscientific issues (SSI) holds promise for advancing functional scientific literacy, promoting critical thinking, and providing an interesting context for learning required science content, but few teachers actually employ this teaching method in K-12 classrooms. One common reason cited by teachers is their concern about the…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Evolution Theory Teaching and Learning: What Conclusions Can We Get from Comparisons of Teachers' and Students' Conceptual Ecologies in Greece and Turkey?
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Athanasiou, Kyriacos; Papadopoulou, Penelope – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
In this study, we make an effort to compare studies that explore the factors related to acceptance of evolutionary theory among Greek and Turkish students-future teachers, using conceptual ecology for biological evolution as the theoretical framework. We aimed to look into the acceptance and the understanding of evolutionary theory and also to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Predictor Variables, Parent Background
Exploring the Factors Related to Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory among Turkish Preservice Biology Teachers: Toward a More Informative Conceptual Ecology for Biological Evolution
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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
Annotated Bibliography of Materials Relating to the Evolution-Creationism Controversy.
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Haughton, Buzz – 1999
In examining the literature on materials relating to the evolution-creationism controversy, it was found that there have been no comprehensive bibliographies compiled since the early 1980s. This paper presents an annotated bibliography on the creationism-evolution controversy including materials published or made available since 1980. (ASK)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biological Influences, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creationism
Theories of Human Evolution. A Century of Debate, 1844-1944.
Bowler, Peter J. – 1986
The question of human origin has always been disputed by evolution theorists. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the debates over human evolution from the time of Darwin to the 1940s. Part 1 discusses the early controversies, noting that they focused on philosophical issues rather than causes or details of the evolutionary process. A…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Anthropology, Biological Influences, Biological Sciences
The Responsible Use of Animals in Biology Classrooms Including Alternatives to Dissection. Monograph IV.
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Hairston, Rosalina V., Ed. – 1990
This monograph discusses the care and maintenance of animals, suggests some alternative teaching strategies, and affirms the value of teaching biology as the study of living organisms, rather than dead specimens. The lessons in this monograph are intended as guidelines that teachers should adapt for their own particular classroom needs. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anatomy, Animal Facilities, Biology