ISBN:
9789400718081
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 190p. 10 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Cultural Studies of Science Education 4
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Evolution (Biology)
;
Science Study and teaching
;
Religion and education
;
Education
;
Education
;
Evolution (Biology)
;
Science Study and teaching
;
Religion and education
Abstract:
Evolution and Religion in American Education shines a light into one of America's dark educational corners, exposing the regressive pedagogy that can invade science classrooms when school boards and state overseers take their eyes off the ball. It sets out to examine the development of college students' attitudes towards biological evolution through their lives. The fascinating insights provided by interviewing students about their world views adds up to a compelling case for additional scrutiny of the way young people's educational experiences unfold as they consider--and indeed in some cases
Description / Table of Contents:
Evolution and Religionin American Education; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Prologue: Darwin's Apocalypse; Chapter 2: Evolution Education: A Lay of the Land; Chapter 3: Evolution and the End of a World; Chapter 4: Evolution and Religion; Chapter 5: Evolution and the Structure of Worldview Change; Chapter 6: Evolution, the University, and the Social Construction of Conflict; Chapter 7: Evolution Education from Campus to Home; Chapter 8: Darwin's Hammer and John Henry's Hammer
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 9: Epilogue: How Science's Ideologues Fail Evolution or: Richard Dawkins and the MadmanReferences; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1808-1
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