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Religiosity and Students' Acceptance of Evolution
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Mantelas, Nikos; Mavrikaki, Evangelia – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
We aimed to examine the acceptance of evolution and its relationship with religiosity among Greek biology university students and whether the attendance of an evolutionary biology course could affect the acceptance of evolution. In Greece the teaching of evolution has been downgraded from secondary education for years and Greeks exhibit a strong…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Evolution, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Investigating Greek Biology Teachers' Attitudes towards Evolution Teaching with Respect to Their Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Suggestions for Their Professional Development
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Stasinakis, Panagiotis K.; Athanasiou, Kyriacos – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
Evolution Teaching (ET) among in-service teachers in Greece was examined in an attempt to evaluate their Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Evolution teaching is a problematic issue. For this purpose, we constructed a questionnaire that was distributed to the target population and to which 181 teachers responded. We used quantitative method to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biology, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Analysis of a Moodle-Based Training Program about the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Evolution Theory and Natural Selection
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Stasinakis, Panagiotis K.; Kalogiannnakis, Michail – World Journal of Education, 2017
In this study we aim to find out whether a training program for secondary school science teachers which was organized based on the model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), could improve their individual PCK for a specific scientific issue. The Evolution Theory (ET) and the Natural Selection (NS) were chosen as the scientific issues of…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection as a Tool for Measuring Greek University Students' Evolution Knowledge: Differences between Novice and Advanced Students
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Athanasiou, Kyriacos; Mavrikaki, Evangelia – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The primary objective of this research was to compare various groups of Greek university students for their level of knowledge of Evolution by means of Natural Selection (ENS). For the purpose of the study, we used a well known questionnaire the Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection (CINS) and 352 biology majors and non-majors students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Science Education
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
Conceptual Ecology of the Evolution Acceptance among Greek Education Students: Knowledge, Religious Practices and Social Influences
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Athanasiou, Kyriacos; Papadopoulou, Penelope – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
In this study, we explored some of the factors related to the acceptance of evolution theory among Greek university students training to be teachers in early childhood education, using conceptual ecology for biological evolution as a theoretical framework. We examined the acceptance of evolution theory and we also looked into the relationship…
Descriptors: Evolution, Religion, Cultural Influences, Early Childhood Education
The Nestor Effect: Extending Evolutionary Developmental Psychology to a Lifespan Perspective
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Greve, Werner; Bjorklund, David F. – Developmental Review, 2009
We extend an evolutionary perspective of development to the lifespan, proposing that human longevity may be related to the experience, knowledge, and wisdom provided by older members of human groups. In addition to the assistance in childcare provided by grandmothers to their daughters, the experience of wise elders could have served to benefit…
Descriptors: Evolution, Daughters, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages