The Role of Teleological Thinking in Learning the Darwinian Model of Evolution |
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Authors: | Leonardo Mart??n Gonz??lez Galli Elsa N Meinardi |
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Institution: | (1) Biology Teaching Group, Training and Research Center for Sciences Teaching, School of Science, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Abstract: | Human beings are predisposed to think of evolution as teleological—i.e., having a purpose or directive principle—and the ways
scientists talk about natural selection can feed this predisposition. This work examines the suggestion that students’ teleological
thinking operates as an obstacle when the natural selection evolution model is taught. What we mean by obstacle is an established way of thinking that resists change due to its explanatory power. In light of this approach, the challenges
of teaching evolution in biology education have been revised, and improved methodological strategies aimed at a better comprehension
of the Darwinian evolution model are suggested. |
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