Teaching Biological Evolution In Higher Education: Methodological, Religious, And Nonreligious Issues (Biological Science (Jones and Bartlett))

An important new book by the author of the bestselling text Defending Evolution:A Guide to the Creation/Evolution Controversy, this title examines the controversial issues surrounding this central concept of life science and explores students' common scientific misconceptions, describes approaches for teaching topics and principles of evolution, and offers strategies for handling the various problems some students have with the idea of evolution due to religious influences.