The Creationist Down the Hall: Does It Matter when Teachers Teach Creationism?

Autor/inn/en	Moore, Randy; Cotner, Sehoya
Titel	The Creationist Down the Hall: Does It Matter when Teachers Teach Creationism?
Quelle	In: BioScience, 59 (2009) 5, S.429-435 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0006-3568
DOI	10.1525/bio.2009.59.5.10
Schlagwörter	Biology; Majors (Students); Student Attitudes; Theories; Evolution; Creationism; Measures (Individuals); Student Development; Secondary School Curriculum; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Schülerverhalten; Theory; Theorie; Schöpfungstheologie; Messdaten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	The responses of biology majors in their first year of college differed significantly from those of first-year non-biology majors on only 3 of the 20 items on the Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution survey instrument. Despite these differences, and regardless of whether students were or were not biology majors, several findings from the survey stand out: (a) surprisingly high percentages of students accepted creationism-based claims, (b) students' views of evolution and creationism when they entered college were strongly associated with the treatment of evolution and creationism in the students' high-school biology classes, and (c) on average, incoming biology majors' views of evolution and creationism were similar to those of nonmajors. In this article, these results are discussed relative to the ongoing popularity of creationism among biology majors and biology teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10