The Is Much More to Teaching Evolution than Just Presenting the Biological Science
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Location
Room 1601
Abstract for the conference program
Students with strong religious worldviews are likely to have serious reservations about the theory of evolution. While it is not appropriate to teach religion such as creation science or intelligent design in the science classroom, there is nothing wrong with explaining why religious and scientific explanations are incongruent. It is most important to explain that the evolution/creationism controversy is a social issue. Students should be told that science does not deny God or attack scripture, if they are concerned about this. Evolution is not a matter of belief; we accept the theory as an explanation of the history of life.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project
Proposal Track
T1: Teaching and Learning in the STEM Field
Start Date
3-7-2014 2:45 PM
End Date
3-7-2014 3:30 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Leslie Sandra, "The Is Much More to Teaching Evolution than Just Presenting the Biological Science" (2014). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 5.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2014/2014/5
The Is Much More to Teaching Evolution than Just Presenting the Biological Science
Room 1601
Students with strong religious worldviews are likely to have serious reservations about the theory of evolution. While it is not appropriate to teach religion such as creation science or intelligent design in the science classroom, there is nothing wrong with explaining why religious and scientific explanations are incongruent. It is most important to explain that the evolution/creationism controversy is a social issue. Students should be told that science does not deny God or attack scripture, if they are concerned about this. Evolution is not a matter of belief; we accept the theory as an explanation of the history of life.
