Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Cook, Kristin; Oliveira, Alandeom W.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil examines how larger societal forces such as religion, media, and politics have shaped Brazil's educational landscape and impacted the teaching and learning of evolution within an increasingly polarized discourse in recent years. To this end, Alandeom W. Oliveira and Kristin Cook have assembled a number of educational scholars and practitioners, many of whom are based in Brazil, to provide up-close and in-depth accounts of classroom-based evolution instruction, teacher preparation programs, current educational policies, and commonly used school curricula. Contributors also present information on Brazilian teachers' and students' attitudes toward-and understanding of- evolution, emergent (mis)conceptions of evolution, and international comparisons of evolution acceptance and understanding in Brazil compared to other countries. Across the three sections of this book, readers see a nation navigating the complexity of multiple spheres of thought about evolution and its role in the K-12 and postsecondary curriculum. Suggesting the rise of an influential creationist movement in Brazil, this book illuminates the dynamic sociological processes at play in the educational sphere of Latin America in a globalized era that allows for rapid worldwide travel of competing ideologies. Scholars of Latin American studies, religion, education, sociology, and political science will find this book especially useful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216206354
• Artikelnr.: 74831134

Autorenporträt

Alandeom W. Oliveira is associate professor of science education at the State University of New York at Albany. Kristin Cook is associate professor of science education and associate dean of the School of Education at Bellarmine University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Historical Background and the Brazilian Educational Context
Chapter 1: Rescuing Darwin in Brazil: How a General Population Sample Views
the Teaching of Creationism and Biological Evolution Chapter 2:
Creationists or Evolutionists? High School Students' Conceptions on the
Origin and Evolution of Life Chapter 3: Brazilian High School Biology
Teacher's Perception on Evolution and its Teaching Chapter 4: Brazilian
High School Teachers' Approaches and Departures from Scientific Knowledge
when Teaching Evolutionary Theories Chapter 5: Pedagogical Strategies for
the Problem of Teleology in the Teaching of Biological Evolution Chapter 6:
Darwin's Discussion on the Origin of Fish Electric Organs: A Pedagogical
Intervention in the Youth and Adult Education Chapter 7: Challenges of
Understanding Macroevolution among Brazilian Biology Students and
Continuing Education Efforts Chapter 8: What is the Role of Sound Evidence
in Evolution Education? A Research Program Following Students' Narratives
in Brazil and Elsewhere Chapter 9: Comparative Studies of Students' Beliefs
and Understandings in Brazil, Italy and Galapagos Islands Chapter 10: The
Perils of the Evolution-as-progress Metaphor: Challenging Ideals of
Naturalness, Normalcy and Adequacy in Brazilian and Canadian Science
Education