Evolution in European and Israeli school curricula – a comparative analysis

Evangelia Mavrikaki, Giulia Reardon, Tuomas Aivelo, Ani Barjami, Çiçek Dilek Bakaney, Beniermann Anna, Jelena Blagojevic, Egle Butkeviciene, Bento Cavadas, Constantina Cossu, Dragana Cvetkovic, Szymon Drobniak, Zelal Özgür Durmus, Radka Marta Dvorakova, Marcel Eens, Esra Eret, Seckin Eroglu, Malgorzata Anna Gazda, Martha Georgiou, Neil J. GostlingTanja Gregorcic, Vanda Janstova, Tanja Jenkins, Anttoni Kervinen, Konstantinos Korfiatis, Paul Kuschmierz, Adam Z. Lendvai, Joelyn de Lima, Fundime Miri, Teresa Nogueira, Andreas Panayides, Sylvia Paolucci, Penelope Padadopoulou, Patricia Pessoa, Rianne Pinxten, Joana Rios Rocha, Andrea F. Sanchez, Merav Siani, Elvisa Sokoli, Bruno Sousa, Panagiotis K. Stasinakis, Gregor Torkar, Asta Valackiene, Mate Varga, Lucia Vazquez Ben, Anat Yarden, Xana Sa-Pinto

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Abstrakti

The contribution of school curricula to public understanding and acceptance of evolution is still mostly unknown, due to the scarcity of studies that compare the learning goals present in different curricula. To overcome this lack of data we analysed 19 school curricula (18 European and one from Israel) to study the differences regarding the inclusion of learning goals targeting evolution understanding. We performed a quantitative content analysis using the Framework for the Assessment of school Curricula on the presence of Evolutionary concepts (FACE). For each country/region we analysed what this educational system considered the minimum evolution education a citizen should get. Our results reveal that: (i) the curricula include less than half of the learning goals considered important for scientific literacy in evolution; (ii) the most frequent learning goals address basic knowledge of evolution; (iii) learning goals related with the processes that drive evolution are often not included or rarely mentioned; (iv) evolution is most often not linked to its applications in everyday life. These results highlight the need to rethink evolution education across Europe.
Alkuperäiskielienglanti
LehtiInternational Journal of Science Education
Sivumäärä27
ISSN0950-0693
DOI - pysyväislinkit
TilaJulkaistu - 19 tammik. 2024
OKM-julkaisutyyppiA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä, vertaisarvioitu

Tieteenalat

  • 1181 Ekologia, evoluutiobiologia

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