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Identifier	Thesis 1726
Author	Fletcher, Alex
Title	Evolution-Education in America
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2003
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Evolution-education in America has been a fascination of the public ever since the Scopes trial of the 1920's. The controversy has not subsided despite the supreme court's rulings regarding this topic. As has been the case with many controversial topics, public opinion has not been swayed solely on the government's dismissal of anti-evolution and equal time laws. Evolution is one of the most widely known scientific concepts in America today. However, the majority of Americans who have heard of evolutionary biology do not understand it. The lack of understanding between scientists and the general public has, throughout the last century, led to many disputes concerning evolution-education in America's schools. Recently, state and national educational standards have begun including evolution as an integral part of science education. However, the views of society and of individual teachers have led to continuous conflicts and substandard evolution-education for students. The best opportunity for the scientific community to combat rejection of this extremely important biological concept is to teach evolution, in schools, in such a way that those who do not understand evolution, or those who discard its credibility do not feel they are being assailed, but at the same time are given exposure to complete and accurate information. This may lead to a new generation of students who do not regard evolution as an enemy, but as a part of our natural world. The ultimate goal of this thesis is to create a unit plan for a high school biology classroom, which fulfills the need for a comprehensive study of evolution that is put forth in a straightforward and inoffensive manner. The unit will fulfill all state and national educational standards as well as incorporate many current teaching techniques.
Subject	Evolution -- Study and teaching -- United States
Department	Department of Biological Sciences
Advisor	Mulrooney, James P
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735113
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