Evolution Education in Papua New Guinea: Trainee Teachers' Views.

Vlaardingerbroek, Barend; Roederer, Christopher J.

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ERIC Number: EJ580612

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Publication Date: 1997

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Evolution Education in Papua New Guinea: Trainee Teachers' Views.

Vlaardingerbroek, Barend; Roederer, Christopher J.

Educational Studies, v23 n3 p363-75 Nov 1997

Presents data from a study of Papua New Guinea trainee primary and secondary science teachers' views toward evolution education. Finds that primary trainees exhibit poor awareness of the centrality of evolution to modern biology; secondary trainees have similar understanding of evolution, but have better attitudes toward evolution education. (DSK)

Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea

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