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Teleology and Evolution Education

  2. Despite the importance of understanding the mechanism of natural selection for both academic success and everyday decision-making, this concept is one of the most challenging to learn in contemporary science. ...

    Authors: Sarah A. Brown, Samuel Ronfard and Deborah Kelemen
    Citation: Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Students frequently explain evolutionary processes, such as adaptation, in a teleological way. These teleological explanations may involve goal-directedness, purpose, an external designer or the internal needs...

    Authors: Helge Gresch
    Citation: Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Teleology is one of the critical aspects of students’ intuitive concepts about living beings and, specifically, their evolution. This cognitive bias imposes a substantial restriction on the process of learning...

    Authors: Leonardo González Galli, Gastón Peréz and Alma Adrianna Gómez Galindo
    Citation: Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:6
    Content type: Curriculum and education Published on:

  6. We describe the ubiquity of teleological language and thinking throughout biology, as a context for understanding how students think about evolution, as well. Examples can be found in molecular biology, physio...

    Authors: A. Werth and D. Allchin
    Citation: Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:4
    Content type: Curriculum and education Published on:

  7. Teleology, explaining the existence of a feature on the basis of what it does, is usually considered as an obstacle or misconception in evolution education. Researchers often use the adjective “teleological” t...

    Authors: Kostas Kampourakis
    Citation: Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:1
    Content type: Review Article Published on: