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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252694203321

Titolo

Evolution Education in the American South : Culture, Politics, and Resources in and around Alabama / / edited by Christopher D. Lynn, Amanda L. Glaze, William A. Evans, Laura K. Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9781349951390

1349951390

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 333 p. 22 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

302-307

Soggetti

Political sociology

Science - Study and teaching

Educational sociology

Evolution (Biology)

Political Sociology

Science Education

Sociology of Education

Evolutionary Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Darwinism in the American South -- 2. Race and Evolution in Antebellum Alabama: The Polygenist Prehistory We'd Rather Ignore -- 3. "The Cadillac of Disclaimers": Twenty Years of Official Antievolution in Alabama -- 4. Deconstructing the Alabama Disclaimer with Students: A Powerful Lesson in Evolution, Politics, and Persuasion -- 5. Evolution Acceptance among Preservice Science Teachers in the South -- 6. Evolution Acceptance among Undergraduates in the South -- 7. Religion, Politics, and Science for U.S. Southerners -- 8. Sharing News and Views about Evolution in Social Media -- 9. Resources for Teaching Biological Evolution in the Deep South -- 10. Teaching Louisiana Students about Evolution by Comparing the Anatomy of Fishes and Humans -- 11. Teaching Evolution in Real Time -- 12. Trace Fossils of Alabama: Life in the Coal Age -- 13. What Can the Alabama



Mississippians Teach Us about Human Evolution and Behavior? -- 14. Tattooing Commitment, Quality, and Football in SoutheasternNorth America. .

Sommario/riassunto

This volume reaches beyond the controversy surrounding the teaching and learning of evolution in the United States, specifically in regard to the culture, politics, and beliefs found in the Southeast. The editors argue that despite a deep history of conflict in the region surrounding evolution, there is a wealth of evolution research taking place-from biodiversity in species to cultural evolution and human development. In fact, scientists, educators, and researchers from around the United States have found their niche in the South, where biodiversity is high, culture runs deep, and the pace is just a little bit slower. .