Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science

Today, many students are not affected by evolution theory, one of the most important concepts of modern science. It provides a well structured framework for understanding and teaching evolution in an engaging and conversational style.

This book is meant to explain how teachers, parents, local officials, scientists and educators reveal the vast diversity and similarity of Earth's evolution in evolution theory. Essence of Method In addition, this book provides answers to frequently asked questions to help the reader understand many problems and misunderstandings about evolution.

The book contains sample activities for teaching evolution and the essence of science. For example, books include fossil footprints and activities to investigate population growth. And the science teacher can use it to introduce the evolutionary principle. Provide background information, materials, and step-by-step presentation of each event. Also, this volume:

Explain how science differs from other human efforts and why evolution is one of the best ways to help students understand this difference.

Education on evolution and the nature of science is based on the 1996 National Science Education Standards issued by the National Research Council - and provides detailed guidance on how to evaluate and select teaching materials to support the standard

This book is comprehensive and practical, incorporating one of today's educational subjects into a balanced and rational argument. This will be particularly interesting for science teachers, school administrators, and community interested members.

The importance of evolution is summarized as follows. Publication of the National Academy of Sciences "Teaching the Evolution and the Nature of Science": "There is no other idea that will greatly influence how we think about ourselves and how we relate to the world" (NAS In 1998, page 21. The Academy of Sciences in science, evolution, and creationism, "Creationist views reverses the scientific process, they do not want change - supernatural forces form a living or earth system To - explain basic requirements, hypotheses for rejecting science "These beliefs can not be tested, modified, or rejected by scientific means and therefore can not be part of a scientific process "(NAS 2008, p. 43)

The evolution of theology is to regard God's religious teachings to be compatible with the understanding of modern scientific biological evolution. The evolution of theology itself is not a scientific theory, it is a series of ideas on how general evolutionary science relates to religious beliefs, in contrast to specific creative views. Advocates of theological evolution theory often match evolutionist ideas with God's beliefs and refuse contradictory arguments about religious-science relations - they contradict each other's scientific theories of religious doctrine of creation and evolution theory I do not need it.

High school teachers are in the dilemma of teaching evolution. Sometimes they are obliged to teach the creation of "science", "intelligent design theory" and "evidence for evolution", and sometimes they are being pressured to forget the evolution of the professor. What should the teacher do? Legally speaking, what does teacher do and what can not be done? The part of "should" is easy. Both teachers and scientists say "Teach evolution." (See the NAS website "Teach us about the essence of evolution and science" or the National Biology Teachers Association and the National Science Teachers Association.) As a famous geneticist, Theodosius Dobshanski says: