This study explores pre-service elementary school teachers’ understandings of evolutionary science and their feelings and concerns about teaching evolution in Canadian elementary schools. Data were collected through a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Most participants reported acceptance of evolution as a scientifically factual phenomenon, and almost three quarters of those who accepted evolution reported that they intend to include biological evolution in their elementary science teaching. A landscape of sensitivities related to participants’ decisions about teaching evolution emerged, including concerns regarding the religious beliefs of students and their parents, the pre-service teachers’ inadequate understanding of evoluti...
AbstractThis study explored pre-service science teachers’ understanding and acceptance of evolution ...
The study reported here is part of a larger project which began when it was announced that the scien...
The science of evolution englobes two complementary scientific fields. First, there is the historica...
According to reports from 1,441 undergraduate students at a large, public American university, most ...
Teaching the evolution of the living species, a key concept in modern biology, is today at the heart...
Abstract Background Acceptance and understanding of evolutionary ideas remains low in the United Sta...
Teaching the scientific theory of evolution can come up against religious convictions and c...
ABSTRACT. According to reports from 1,441 undergraduate students at a large, public American univers...
Abstract This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge a...
This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge about evol...
The learning and teaching of biological evolution is conceptually challenging. To fully comprehend e...
This conference paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research i...
grantor: University of TorontoThe primary goal of this study was to explore how the use of...
The study reported here is part of a larger project, which began when it was announced that the scie...
The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of a biology-focused science metho...
AbstractThis study explored pre-service science teachers’ understanding and acceptance of evolution ...
The study reported here is part of a larger project which began when it was announced that the scien...
The science of evolution englobes two complementary scientific fields. First, there is the historica...
According to reports from 1,441 undergraduate students at a large, public American university, most ...
Teaching the evolution of the living species, a key concept in modern biology, is today at the heart...
Abstract Background Acceptance and understanding of evolutionary ideas remains low in the United Sta...
Teaching the scientific theory of evolution can come up against religious convictions and c...
ABSTRACT. According to reports from 1,441 undergraduate students at a large, public American univers...
Abstract This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge a...
This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge about evol...
The learning and teaching of biological evolution is conceptually challenging. To fully comprehend e...
This conference paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research i...
grantor: University of TorontoThe primary goal of this study was to explore how the use of...
The study reported here is part of a larger project, which began when it was announced that the scie...
The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the impact of a biology-focused science metho...
AbstractThis study explored pre-service science teachers’ understanding and acceptance of evolution ...
The study reported here is part of a larger project which began when it was announced that the scien...
The science of evolution englobes two complementary scientific fields. First, there is the historica...