Defending Evolution in the Classroom: A Guide to the Creation/evolution ControversyDefending Evolution in the Classroom is a novel handbook that explains why so many secondary and college students reject evolution and are antagonistic toward its teaching. Defending Evolution in the Classroom helps science instructors better understand their student's Creationist beliefs and the bearing those beliefs have on learning evolution. |
Contents
FOREWORD by Stephen Jay Gould | 1 |
Creationists Declare War | 13 |
Creationist Students Culture | 37 |
Nonreligious Reasons | 83 |
Why Should Students Learn Evolution? | 103 |
Religion | 139 |
Questions from Instructors | 165 |
Methods for Teaching Evolution | 179 |
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