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Evolution in the College Classroom
Facilitating Conversations about Science and Religion
Nisbet, Matt http://www.csicop.org/si/show/evolution_in_the_college_classroom
Publisher: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Date Written: 01/09/2017
Year Published: 2017
Resource Type: Article
New approaches embedded in introductory biology courses about science and religious belief point to promising models for instructors to adopt, and offer insight on strategies for encouraging more constructive dialogue about science and religion.
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The lack of prior familiarity with evolution presents a particular challenge to religious students who are likely to have questions about how to reconcile what they are learning in the college classroom with their own faith. Surveys indicate that more than half of all students enrolled in introductory biology courses believe in God and consider themselves religious. If their questions about science and faith go unaddressed as part of their coursework, research suggests that learning is likely to be inhibited. Even though a religious student may successfully complete exams and assignments that test their knowledge of evolutionary science, their scores may not reflect a deeper acceptance of what they learned. These students may leave a course still doubting whether evolution is the best (and only) scientific explanation for the diversity of life on Earth.
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