Abstract Background What types of coursework prepare biology teachers to teach evolution effectively? The present study provides answers that question based on evidence from a nationally representative sample public high school in the U.S. Data about their pre-service (in seven categories) and attitudes practices relevant teaching five categories relating personal acceptance evolution, percepti...

Waldorf s comments indicate a misunderstanding of both the intent and content of our paper. Three confusions are serious enough to demand clarification. First, we did not “downgrade” the scientific status of sociobiology nor did we admit creationism into the domain of science. Most researchers of the evolutionary biology of social behavior accept the social, methodological, and philosophical ru...

Creationism is a religiously motivated worldview in denial of biological evolution that has been very resistant to change. We performed a textual analysis by examining creationist and pro-evolutionary texts for aspects of "experiential thinking", a cognitive process different from scientific thought. We observed characteristics of experiential thinking as follows: testimonials (present in 100% ...

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also argued that politicians should do more to counter the danger posed by climate change “ravaging” the biosphere. He called for massive investment in technological solutions such as biofuels. “They deserve a priority and commitment from government akin to that accorded to the Manhattan project to build the first atom bomb or the Apollo moon landing project in the 60s.” Also at the festival, f...