Evolution Challenges: Integrating Research and Practice in Teaching and Learning about Evolution

This Book Goes Beyond The Science Versus Religion Dispute To Ask Why Evolution Is So Often Rejected As A Legitimate Scientific Fact, Focusing On A Wide Range Of Cognitive, Socio-cultural, And Motivational Factors That Make Concepts Such As Evolution Difficult To Grasp. Section I: Folk Theories, Conceptual And Perceptual Constraints. Two-thousand Years Of Stasis: How Psychological Essentialism Impedes Evolutionary Understanding / Susan A. Gelman And Marjorie Rhodes -- Trees, Fish, And Other Fictions: Folk Biological Thought And Its Implications For Understanding Evolutionary Biology / John D. Coley And Tara M. Muratore -- Cognitive Constraints On The Understanding And Acceptance Of Evolution / Andrew Shtulman And Prassede Calabi -- Teleological Minds: How Natural Intuitions About Agency And Purpose Influence Learning About Evolution / Deborah Kelemen -- The Promise And Challenges Of Introducing Tree Thinking Into Evolution Education / Kefyn M. Catley, Laura R. Novick, And Daniel J. Funk -- Narrative Spaces In The Representation And Understanding Of Evolution / Camillia Matuk And David Uttal -- Misunderstanding Emergent Causal Mechanism In Natural Selection / Michelene T. H. Chi, Agnieszka Kosminska Kristensen, And Rod D. Roscoe --^ Encountering Counterintuitive Ideas: Constructing A Developmental Learning Progression For Evolution Understanding / E. Margaret Evans, Karl S. Rosengren, Jonathan D. Lane, And Kristin L. S. Price -- Commentary On Section I: Constrained Learning: Reframing The Problem Of Evolution Understanding And Implications For Science Education / Karl S. Rosengren And E. Margaret Evans -- Section Iia: Epistemological Issues. Model-based Instruction: Fostering Change In Evolutionary Conceptions And In Epistemic Practices / Clark A. Chinn And Luke A. Buckland -- Why Don't Americans Accept Evolution As Much As People In Peer Nations Do? A Theory (reinforced Theistic Manifest Destiny) And Some Pertinent Evidence / Michael Andrew Ranney -- Heuristics And The Counterintuitive In Science And Religion / Ryan D. Tweney --^ Section Iib: Implementing Education In Evolution: Formal Education. Challenges And Opportunities For Teaching And Designing Effective K-12 Evolution Curricula / Paul M. Beardsley, Mark V. Bloom, And Sarah B. Wise -- Why Don't Undergraduates Really Get Evolution? What Can Faculty Do? / Craig E. Nelson -- An Intentional Approach To Teaching Evolution: Making Students Aware Of The Factors Influencing Learning Of Microevolution And Macroevolution / Sherry A. Southerland And Louis S. Nadelson -- Section Iic: Implementing Education In Evolution: Informal Education. Pattern And Process: Natural History Museum Exhibits On Evolution / Judy Diamond And Patrick Kociolek -- Walking Whales And Singing Flies: An Evolution Exhibit And Assessment Of Its Impact / Judy Diamond, E. Margaret Evans, And Amy N. Spiegel -- Making Connections: Evolution And The Nature And Process Of Science / Anna Thanukos And Judy Scotchmoor --^ Commentary On Section Ii: Bringing Multiple Levels Of Analysis To Bear On Evolution Teaching And Learning / Sarah K. Brem And Gale M. Sinatra. Edited By Karl S. Rosengren ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.