Epistemology and Science Education : Understanding the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Controversy

ISBN-13: 9780415963794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 320 str.

Robert S. Taylor

Opis

This book explores how epistemology is related to the issue of teaching science and evolution in the schools. Collectively, the chapters will address core epistemological differences between proponents of Intelligent Design and evolutionary scientists, as well as the critical role of epistemological beliefs in learning science. Chapters by preeminent scholars in these areas report empirical research and/or make a theoretical contribution to this subject.

Outstanding features

• Most writing on the topic of evolution and the importance of epistemology to science education is scattered throughout many journals from various academic disciplines – this pioneering book coordinates and provides a complete picture of the intersections in the study of evolution, epistemology, and science education, in order to allow a deeper understanding of the Intelligent Design vs evolution controversy.
• This is a very timely book for teachers and policy makers who are wrestling with issues of how to teach biology and evolution within a cultural context in which intelligent design has been – and most likely will remain – a challenge for science education for the foreseeable future.
• All contributors are academic scholars working in leading universities of North America and Europe; many have international reputations as exemplary writers and researchers in their respective fields.