Darwin's Roadmap to the Curriculum: Evolutionary Studies in Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9780190624965 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 512 str.

Glenn Geher; David Sloan Wilson; Hadassah Head

Recenzje

To paraphrase Theodosius Dobzhansky, nothing in biology, psychology, development, politics, economics, human health, medicine, and education makes sense except in the light of evolution. If you dont believe this assertion now, you very well may after reading the chapters in this volume edited by David Sloan Wilson and his colleagues. Evolution is for everybody, and this book is especially important for college instructors who would like to convey the excitement and importance of evolutionary theory to their students.

O autorze

David Sloan Wilson is Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is one of the main architects of Multilevel Selection Theory, which explains how adaptations can evolve-or fail to evolve-at any level of a multi-tier hierarchy. He started the first program teaching evolution across the curriculum at Binghamton University. Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He has won numerous awards in the domains of teaching and research, including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in both Teaching and Scholarship. An advocate of evolution education, Geher has published extensively on various topics related to evolution and human behavior. Hadassah Mativetsky is a software quality engineer. Prior to working as an engineer, Hadassah was the Evolutionary Studies Coordinator at Binghamton University under the direction of David Sloan Wilson. She has an MS in Systems Science with a focus on evolutionary approaches. She tweets about STEM at @Haddie. Andrew C. Gallup is Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Adaptive Behavior and Cognition Lab at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He has published over 75 journal articles and book chapters, and currently serves as an Associate Editor for Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Frontiers in Evolutionary Psychology, Frontiers in Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience, and PLOS ONE.