LEADER 04781nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910779134303321 005 20230802005343.0 010 $a0-309-25692-5 010 $a1-280-88007-4 010 $a9786613721389 010 $a0-309-25690-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104889 035 $a(EBL)3564267 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000665844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11432155 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000665844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10646539 035 $a(PQKB)10528880 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3564267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578462 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL372138 035 $a(OCoLC)929505081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3564267 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104889 100 $a20120516d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThinking evolutionarily$b[electronic resource] $eevolution education across the life sciences : summary of a convocation /$fSteve Olson, rapporteur, Jay B. Labov, editor; Planning Committee on Thinking Evolutionarily: Making Biology Education Make Sense, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies ; National Academy of Sciences 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (110 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-25689-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction and Overview""; ""2 Changing Curricula and Instruction""; ""3 Learning About Evolution: The Evidence Base""; ""4 Confronting Controversy""; ""5 Broadening the Target Audiences""; ""6 Progress and Resources""; ""7 Next Steps""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Convocation Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Brief Biographies of Committee Members and Staff""; ""Appendix C: Brief Biographies of Presenters and Panelists"" 330 $a"Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often relegated to a handful of chapters in textbooks and a few class sessions in introductory biology courses, if covered at all. In recent years, a movement has been gaining momentum that is aimed at radically changing this situation. On October 25-26, 2011, the Board on Life Sciences of the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences held a national convocation in Washington, DC, to explore the many issues associated with teaching evolution across the curriculum. Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation summarizes the goals, presentations, and discussions of the convocation. The goals were to articulate issues, showcase resources that are currently available or under development, and begin to develop a strategic plan for engaging all of the sectors represented at the convocation in future work to make evolution a central focus of all courses in the life sciences, and especially into introductory biology courses at the college and high school levels, though participants also discussed learning in earlier grades and life-long learning. Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation covers the broader issues associated with learning about the nature, processes, and limits of science, since understanding evolutionary science requires a more general appreciation of how science works. This report explains the major themes that recurred throughout the convocation, including the structure and content of curricula, the processes of teaching and learning about evolution, the tensions that can arise in the classroom, and the target audiences for evolution education."--Publisher's description. 606 $aEducation$xCurricula$xStandards$zUnited States$vCongresses 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States$vCongresses 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$zUnited States$vCongresses 615 0$aEducation$xCurricula$xStandards 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 676 $a576.8 701 $aOlson$b Steve$f1956-$0488724 701 $aLabov$b Jay B$g(Jay Brian)$01527232 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bBoard on Life Sciences. 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bDivision on Earth and Life Studies. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779134303321 996 $aThinking evolutionarily$93787232 997 $aUNINA