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Exploring the Factors Related to Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory among Turkish Preservice Biology Teachers and the Relationship between Acceptance and Teaching Preference
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Deniz, Hasan; Sahin, Elif Adibelli – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2016
We explored the factors related to acceptance of evolutionary theory among preservice Turkish biology teachers using multiple regression analysis and the relationship between acceptance of evolutionary theory and preference for teaching evolution using nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test. We found that factors such as understanding of evolutionary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Biology
Biology Students' and Teachers' Religious Beliefs and Attitudes towards Theory of Evolution
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Ozay Kose, Esra – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2010
Evolution has not being well addressed in schools partly because it is a controversial topic in religious views. In the present study, it is explored to what extent Turkish secondary school biology teachers and students accommodate the theory of biological evolution with their religious beliefs. Two-hundred fifty secondary school students and…
Descriptors: Evolution, Biology, Secondary School Students, Religious Factors
Three Decades of Anti-Evolution Campaign and Its Results: Turkish Undergraduates' Acceptance and Understanding of the Biological Evolution Theory
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Peker, Deniz; Comert, Gulsum Gul; Kence, Aykut – Science & Education, 2010
Even though in the early years of the Republic of Turkey Darwin's theory of evolution was treated as a scientific theory and taught fairly in schools, despite all the substantial evidence accumulated supporting the theory of evolution since then, Darwin and his ideas today have been scorned by curriculum and education policy makers. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Evolution, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Educational Policy
Fundamentalist Bedfellows: Political Creationism in Turkey.
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Shapiro, Arthur M. – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Defines Islamic creationism and anti-evolutionism in Turkey, provides information about political and cultural changes starting from the 1920s, and discusses Islamic movements at this time. Presents examples of politicians' approaches to this issue and points out the effects of Christian creationism and the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) on…
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education
Islamic Scientific Creationism: A New Challenge in Turkey.
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Sayin, Umit; Kence, Aykut – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Compares "being Muslim" in Turkey with other Islamic countries and describes the regime changes of the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. Explains evolution in Islamic understanding and discusses creationism's effects and evolution's place in the high school biology curriculum. Defines the Science Research Foundation's (BAV) and…
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Evolution
Cloning Creationism in Turkey.
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Edis, Taner – Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 1999
Defines how political balances and changes in Turkey effect creation-evolution relation. Describes the influences of Bilim Arastirma Vakfi (BAV) on these changes, which are directly targeted to public education, and discusses the content of creationism. Questions why Islamic creationism is a copy of that of the Institute for Creation Research…
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education