Teachers consistently identify working with “diverse learners” as challenging. This raises
questions about how teacher educators conceptualize and enact preparation of teachers for …

Questions about our origin as a species are universal and compelling. Evolution—and in
particular human evolution—is a subject that generates intense interest across the world …

Although microteaching is a common approach to engaging preservice teachers in reflection
on teaching in on-campus courses, this reflection is usually carried out as a separate part …

The teaching of socioscientific issues (SSI) holds promise for advancing functional scientific
literacy, promoting critical thinking, and providing an interesting context for learning required …

“Another book on evolution? Aren't there many out there already?” you may ask. Indeed,
there are. Nevertheless, the public understanding and acceptance of evolutionary theory are …

Background The centrality of evolution to the biological sciences is recognized by many
authors. Given the importance of evolution to biology, we intend to understand if, and how …

Science and religion are two indisputably profound and durable cultural forces with a
complex history of interaction. As ASTE members are aware, these interactions often …

Life science educators seek pedagogical approaches to help students better understand
natural selection, but students' understanding is impeded by cognitive biases …

Evolution is a difficult topic to teach; teachers admit not having enough knowledge of
evolution and they face student opposition to learning evolution, especially based on …

The purpose of this study was to analyze the concepts' mastery and misconceptions of
evolutions' subject. This is a descriptive research and involve 2 biology major students from …