Teaching Biological Evolution In Higher Education: Methodological, Religious, And Nonreligious Issues
Published on 19. November 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-7637-2889-2 (ISBN)
Description
An important new book by the author of the bestselling text Defending Evolution:A Guide to the Creation/Evolution Controversy, this title examines the controversial issues surrounding this central concept of life science and explores students' common scientific misconceptions, describes approaches for teaching topics and principles of evolution, and offers strategies for handling the various problems some students have with the idea of evolution due to religious influences.
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Brian J. Alters, Ph.D. lead author, holds appointments internationally at McGill University, Montreal, where he was recently named William Dawson Scholar, and at Harvard University, Cambridge. Dr. Alters is Director of the newly created Evolution Education Research Centre.