Anti-Evolutionism, Scientific Creationism, and Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14835599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen C Scott (0000-0003-3795-8207, San Jose State University, corresponding author), Eugenie C Scott |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 24-25 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.8.3-4.b7042255577614g5 |
| OpenAlex | W2061723735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Anti-evolutionism is alive and well in 1986, and it is especially prominent in American education. I have received comments on my teaching evaluations to the effect that "Evolution is a lot of —." High school teachers report students. walking out when they begin discussing human evolution. According to "A Consumer's Guide to Biology Textbooks" (Washington: People for the American Way, 1985), censors of the Religious Right have sufficiently Pressured textbook publishers so that the three best-selling high school biology books do not mention evolution at all, and over half of the texts reviewed recently had no or inadequate coverage of evolution
Biological evolution · Biology · Creationism · Epistemology · Evolutionism · Human evolution · Intelligent design · Mathematics education · Sociology · Anthropology · Evolution and Science Education · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 1999 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |