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The Evolution of Life
Teaching, Learning and Training - New Approaches on Current Research in the Didactics of Evolution
Corinne Fortin (Edited by), Fortin (Author), Julie Gobert (Edited by)
9781789451078, Wiley
Hardback, published 4 September 2024
320 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.558 kg
The aim of this collective work is to give an account of the topicality and dynamics of new research in the didactics of evolution, by articulating francophone and international work. The various contributions pursue a reflection on the challenges of teaching and learning about evolution, based on historical, epistemological and societal approaches. The themes addressed illustrate the vitality and diversity of research issues in educational sciences, from primary school to university. Structured around different theoretical fields (problematization, didactics of the curriculum, nature of science, etc.), this book explores the content, teaching and learning processes and approaches, teaching practices, as well as pre-service and in-service teacher training, with a view to both intelligibility and feasibility.
Introduction xiii Part 1 Teaching of Evolution and Beliefs 1 Chapter 1 Student Positions in Learning about Evolution in Relation to Religious Beliefs and Scientific Knowledge 3 Chapter 2 Relationships between the Ideas of Randomness and Understanding of the Evolution of Life among French High School Students 23 Chapter 3 The Theory of Evolution: Possible Tensions between Science and Religious Beliefs 45 Part 2 Teaching Evolution: Educational and Training Issues 71 Chapter 4 If Nothing Makes Sense without Evolution, What Sense Can Be Made of the Biology Content of the Official French School Curriculum? 73 Chapter 5 What if the Chimpanzee Belonged to the Genus Homo? Circulation of Knowledge and Curricular Re-Problematization 89 Chapter 6 The Current "Synthesis versus Extended Theory of Evolution" Controversy: A Training Opportunity about the Nature of Science 117 Chapter 7 Historical Controversy over the Ages of the Earth and the Necessity for Deep Time for Darwinian Selection: Its Reception in Teacher Education 139 Chapter 8 The "Conceptual Landscape" of Evolution: A Possible Instrument for Training of Earth and Life Sciences Teachers 169 Part 3 Teaching Evolution: Conceptions and Obstacles 199 Chapter 9 Building a Reasoned History of the Living World at School: Under What Conditions? 201 Chapter 10 The Concept of Species in Thinking about Evolution and the Scientific Classification of Living Things: Comparative Approach at Different School Levels 221 Chapter 11 Conditions for the Construction of the Darwinian Concept of Natural Selection by 6th-Grade Pupils in French-Speaking Belgium 243 Chapter 12 Obstacles and Challenges in Teaching Probabilistic Population Thinking in Evolutionary Biology — A Case Study 273 Academic programs 299 Conclusion 301 List of Authors 303 Index 305
Corinne FORTIN and Julie GOBERT
Hanaa CHALAK, Marco BARROCA-PACCARD and Francis ROUQUET
Magali COUPAUD, Julie GOBERT, Jérémy CASTÉRA and Alice DELSERIEYS
José Luis WOLFS
Marco BARROCA-PACCARD
Corinne FORTIN
Magali FUCHS-GALLEZOT and Corinne FORTIN
Patricia CRÉPIN-OBERT
Fabienne PAULIN
Denise ORANGE RAVACHOL
Yann LHOSTE
Jean-François PONCELET, Christian ORANGE and Jean-Christophe DE BISEAU
Julie GOBERT and Laurent THEIS
Corinne FORTIN and Julie GOBERT
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
