Evolution and Religion in American Education [recurso electrónico] : An Ethnography / by David E. Long.

Por: Long, David E [author.]Colaborador(es): SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: Texto

TextoSeries Cultural Studies of Science Education ; 4Editor: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011Descripción: XIV, 190 p. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9789400718081Tema(s): Education | Evolution (Biology) | Science -- Study and teaching | Religion and education | Education | Science Education | Religion and Education | Evolutionary BiologyFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 507.1 Clasificación LoC:LC8-6691Recursos en línea: Libro electrónico Texto

Contenidos:

Prologue: Darwin’s Apocalypse -- Chapter 1: Evolution Education: A Lay of the Land -- Chapter 2: Evolution and the End of a World -- Chapter 3: Evolution and Religion -- Chapter 4: Evolution and the Structure of Worldview Change -- Chapter 5: Evolution, the University, and the Social Construction of Conflict -- Chapter 6: Evolution Education from Campus to Home -- Chapter 7: Darwin’s Hammer and John Henry’s Hammer -- Epilogue: How science’s ideologues fail evolution, or: Richard Dawkins and the Madman -- References.

En: Springer eBooksResumen: 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.

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Tipo de ítem	Biblioteca actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras
Libro Electrónico	Biblioteca Electrónica	Colección de Libros Electrónicos	LC8 -6691 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo))	1	No para préstamo		378599-2001

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.