Preface ........................................................ ix
Acknowledgments .............................................. xvii
PART I
Epistemology .................................................... I
1 Demarcation in Science Education: Toward an Enhanced
View of Scientific Method .................................... 3
RICHARD A. DUSCHL AND RICHARD E. GRANDY
2 Evolution, Creation, and the Philosophy of Science .......... 20
PAUL THAGARD
3 Differences in Epistemic Practices among Scientists, Young
Earth Creationists, Intelligent Design Creationists,
and the Scientist-Creationists of Darwin's Era .............. 38
CLARK A. CHINN AND LUKE A. BUCKLAND
4 Ontological Assumptions about Species and Their Influence
on Students' Understanding of Evolutionary Biology .......... 77
ALA SAMARAPUNGAVAN
5 Understanding Evolutionary Theory: The Role of
Epistemological Development and Beliefs ..................... 95
BARBARA K. HOFER, CHAK FU LAM, AND ALEX DELISI
6 Engaging Multiple Epistemologies: Implications for
Science Education .......................................... 111
E. MARGARET EVANS, CRISTINE H. LEGARE, AND KARL S.
ROSENGREN
PART II
Intelligent Design and Evolution .............................. 141
7 Accepting Evolution or Creation in People, Critters,
Plants, and Classrooms: The Maelstrom of American
Cognition about Biological Change .......................... 143
MICHAEL ANDREW RANNEY AND ANASTASIA THANUKOS
8 Science and Religion: Ontologically Different
Epistemologies? ............................................ 173
GALE M. SINATRA AND LOUIS NADELSON
PART III
Teaching Science .............................................. 195
9 Toward a Cognitive Understanding of Science and Religion ... 197
RYAN D. TWENEY
10 Teaching and Learning Evolution as an Emergent Process:
The BEAGLE Project ......................................... 213
URI WILENSKY AND MICHAEL NOVAK
11 Teaching Evolution in a Historical Context: From the
Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks to Genetic Algorithms ......... 243
MICHEL FERRARI, PETER LEE, AND ROGER S. TAYLOR
Conclusion .................................................... 269
12 Teach the Demarcation: Suggestions for Science Education ... 271
MICHEL FERRARI AND ROGER S. TAYLOR
Notes on Contributors ...................................... 286
Index ...................................................... 291
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