The Coverage of Human Evolution in High School Biology Textbooks in the 20th Century and in Current State Science Standards

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (3-5) ◽  
pp. 395-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Skoog
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
High School Biology ◽  
Science Standards ◽  
Biology Textbooks ◽  
Current State

Anti-Evolutionism, Scientific Creationism, and Education

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 24-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenie Scott
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Religious Right ◽  
American Education ◽  
High School Biology ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Evaluations ◽  
Biology Textbooks ◽  
Scientific Creationism

Anti-evolutionism is alive and well in 1986, and it is especially prominent in American education. I have received comments on my teaching evaluations to the effect that "Evolution is a lot of —." High school teachers report students. walking out when they begin discussing human evolution. According to "A Consumer's Guide to Biology Textbooks" (Washington: People for the American Way, 1985), censors of the Religious Right have sufficiently Pressured textbook publishers so that the three best-selling high school biology books do not mention evolution at all, and over half of the texts reviewed recently had no or inadequate coverage of evolution.

Cancer Education in High School Biology Textbooks

1984 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd H. Barrow ◽  
Betty L. Bitner
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
High School Biology ◽  
Biology Textbooks
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