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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Long, David E.
Titre(s) : Evolution and religion in American eduation [Texte électronique] : an ethnography / David E. Long
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer, [2011]
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Cultural studies of science education ; v. 4
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index
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 reject--one of science's strongest and most cogent theoretical constructs.
Inevitably, open discussion and consideration of the theory of evolution can chip
away at the mental framework constructed by Creationists, eroding the foundations
of their faith. The conceptual battleground is so fraught with logical challenges
to Creationist dogma that in a number of cases students' exposure to such dangerous
ideas is actively prevented. This book provides a detailed map of this astonishing
struggle in today's America--a struggle many had thought was done and dusted with
the onset of the Enlightenment
Sujet(s) : Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
Église et éducation
Sciences -- Étude et enseignement
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789400718081
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44721092c
Notice n° :
FRBNF44721092
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prologue : Darwin's apocalypse ; Evolution education : a lay of the land ; Evolution
and the end of a world ; Evolution and religion ; Evolution and the structure of
the worldview change ; Evolution, the university, and the social construction of
conflict ; Evolution education from campus to home ; Darwin's hammer and John Henry's
hammer ; Epilogue : how science's ideologues fail evolution or : Richard Dawkins
and the madman.