Background Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are
central to evolution education research. Ambiguous results in this field of study demonstrate …

The contribution of school curricula to public understanding and acceptance of evolution is
still mostly unknown, due to the scarcity of studies that compare the learning goals present in …

Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It is also an essential prerequisite to
understanding and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate …

Even though it is widely held that the theory of evolution is one of the pillars of the biological
sciences, as we begin the third decade of the twenty-first century, it is alarming how little we …

Evolutionary theory provides the foundation for modern biology with evolution as a core
concept and unifying principle. This research aimed to examine evolutionary knowledge and …

Background Evolution is a unifying theme in biology and its understanding is essential to
address sustainability problems. However, many people across the world do not understand …

In the face of growing societal, public health and environmental challenges linked to the
functioning of the biosphere, strong evolutionary literacy emerges as indispensable to plan …

Evolution is the integrative framework of the life sciences. Even though the topic is often not
formally introduced before high school, young children already have various ideas about …

Evolution is one of the most difficult and controversial topics. Scientific knowledge of
evolution should belong to general knowledge of people, it should be the part of their natural …

Background Storybooks are an effective tool for teaching complex scientific mechanisms to
young children when presented in child-friendly, joint-attentional contexts like read-aloud …