进化停滞:创造主义,进化和气候变化在加快基督教教育课程中
Jenna Scaramanga1, Michael J Reiss1
1University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL UK.
Cultural studies of science education
|June 26, 2023
概括
加快基督教教育 (ACE) 课程扭曲了关于进化和气候变化的科学教育,使用背诵和误导性信息. 这种方法使学生处于不利地位,因为科学解释被宗教解释所取代.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 气候科学是气候科学.
- 科学教育教育科学教育.
背景情况:
- 创造论经常出现在科学课程中,但缺乏广泛的学术考虑.
- 加快基督教教育 (ACE) 是全球主要的创造主义科学教育材料提供商.
- ACE使用基于工作簿的系统,允许学生以他们自己的速度进步.
研究的目的:
- 分析ACE课程如何解决有争议的科学主题,特别是进化和气候变化.
- 评估最近修订的ACE科学课程中的教学方法和内容准确性.
- 为了确定由ACE课程的方法产生的潜在的教育缺点.
主要方法:
- 对ACE科学课程的内容分析,重点关注最近修订之前和之后的版本.
- 检查演化,气候变化和相关科学概念的呈现.
- 评估教学方法,包括依赖于背诵与批判性思维.
主要成果:
- 包括近期修订在内的ACE课程主要采用习惯性记忆,忽视了各种学习风格.
- 关于进化和气候变化的科学信息经常被扭曲或以误导的方式呈现.
- 宗教解释取代了科学解释,创造主义观点被整合到与此无关的课程中.
- 反对创造论的个人被描绘成负面的,将拒绝视为不道德的决定.
- 较新的ACE课程积极否认人类对气候变化的影响.
结论:
- 由于ACE课程依赖于背诵和传播不准确的,宗教偏见的信息,学生在教育上处于显著的劣势.
- 课程的方法和内容阻碍了科学素养和批判性思维的发展.
- 整合创造论假设和否认已建立的科学破坏了ACE计划的教育完整性.
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