Experiences and practices of evolution instructors at Christian universities that can inform culturally competent evolution education.
Experiences and practices of evolution instructors at Christian universities that can inform culturally competent evolution education.
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DOI：
10.1002/sce.21317
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发表时间：
2018-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Brownell SE
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文献类型：
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作者：
Barnes ME;Brownell SE
学生的宗教信仰和宗教文化已被证明是预测他们是否接受进化论的主要因素，然而在公共机构教授进化论的大学生物教师的宗教信仰和文化往往与他们的宗教学生不同。宗教信仰和文化的差异可能成为有效的进化论教育的障碍。为了探究什么时候进化论教师与他们的学生有相似的宗教文化和信仰，我们采访了32位全国基督教大学的进化论教师，了解他们教授进化论的实践和经历。基督教大学的教师强调接受进化论的教学，同时秉持包容性的教学理念，他们认为这为学生提供了一个安全的环境。此外，几乎所有的教师都报告说，他们使用的实践已被证明可以提高学生对进化论的接受程度，并减少学生在进化论和宗教之间的冲突。此外，我们发现这些教师认为，他们自己的宗教背景指导了他们的决定，以一种文化上称职的方式向学生讲授进化论。我们讨论了这些数据，结合过去关于公立大学教师的研究文献，如何表明文化能力可以成为促进高等教育机构有效进化教育的有用新框架。
Students’ religious beliefs and religious cultures have been shown to be the main factors predicting whether they will accept evolution, yet college biology instructors teaching evolution at public institutions often have religious beliefs and cultures that are different from their religious students. This difference in religious beliefs and cultures may be a barrier to effective evolution education. To explore when evolution instructors have similar religious cultures and beliefs as their students, we interviewed 32 evolution instructors at Christian universities nationwide about their practices and experiences teaching evolution. Christian university instructors emphasized teaching for acceptance of evolution while holding an inclusive teaching philosophy that they perceived led to a safe environment for students. Additionally, almost all instructors reported using practices that have been shown to increase student acceptance of evolution and reduce student conflict between evolution and religion. Further, we found that these instructors perceived that their own religious backgrounds have guided their decisions to teach evolution to their students in a culturally competent way. We discuss how these data, combined with past research literature on public college instructors, indicate that cultural competence could be a useful new framework for promoting effective evolution education in higher education institutions.
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