scholarly journals Teaching Evolutionary Concepts in Elementary School

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-119
Author(s):  
Gregory F. Grether ◽  
Rachel Y. Chock ◽  
Madeline C. Cowen ◽  
Josue S. De La Cruz-Sevilla ◽  
Taylor N. Drake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Natural Selection ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Science Standards ◽  
Evolutionary Concepts ◽  
Century Science

Charles Darwin would be pleased to know that elementary school children in states that have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are expected to demonstrate their understanding of several core evolutionary concepts, including trait variation and inheritance, fossils and extinct organisms, common ancestry, natural selection, and adaptation. However, he might also wonder how this is accomplished in the demanding 21st-century science curriculum. In files linked to this article, we provide four lesson plans – with engaging examples, natural selection games, and other interactive activities – that were designed to cover the NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas in evolutionary biology for grades 3–5, in two one-hour lessons. The lesson plans were developed by college students under the guidance of evolutionary biologists and in consultation with elementary school teachers, and then field tested in elementary school classrooms, as described in an accompanying research article.

scholarly journals Pelatihan dan Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Berdasarkan Permendikbud Nomor 22 Tahun 2016 pada Guru-Guru di Gugus V Kediri, Kecamatan Kediri Kabupaten

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Dewa Nyoman Sudana
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Materials Development ◽  
Community Work ◽  
Good Ability ◽  
Task Assessment ◽  
And Task

This activity was  a community work in education.  The purpose of this activity was to improve elementary school teachers’ ability in SD Gugus V of Kediri district of Tabanan regency in developing teaching materials based on the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 22 of Year  2010. This community work  was done in seven months starting from 2nd April, 2017 by giving knowledge about materials development in the form of  training and tutoring using lecturing, question and answer, discussion and assignment methods. To know the teachers’ ability in writing lesson plans, observation and  task assessment methods were used. The results of obserrvation showed that all of the  25 participating teachers were enthusiastic  from the beginning to the end of the activity. While from the assessment of the tasks in the form of materials development it was shown that 96% or 24 teachers  understood and were able to write lesson plans well and 4% or 1 person had a good ability. From the results obtained it can be stated that the implementation of P2M in Gugus V, Kediri district, Tabanan regency was done  smoothly and successful.

scholarly journals Inclusive Education Reform In Mentawai Islands Cooperation for Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Irdamurni Irdamurni ◽  
Mega Iswari ◽  
Asep A Sopandi ◽  
Johandri Taufan ◽  
Yarmis Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Mentawai Islands

Reforms on inclusive education began to be carried out in Tua Pejat area, North Sipora District, Mentawai Islands by conducting training on the implementation of inclusive education by Padang State University lecturers in the context of carrying out community service for special education lecturers, followed by elementary school teachers from six elementary schools and special school teachers from two special schools in the North Sipora sub-district of the Mentawai islands. The training was conducted with a question and answer lecture method, accompanied by a demonstration simulation method and assignments on developing a learning plan (RPP) in an inclusive class, namely modified lesson plans and modified lesson plans adapted to the characteristics and learning needs of children with special needs in the classroom. The results of the training show that collaboration between elementary and high school teachers is established, both by collaborating and cooperating in serving children with special needs in primary schools, where ing to assist elementary school teachers in matters related to the identification and assessment of children with special needs in inclusive schools, as well as working together in developing lesson plans and PPI for children with special needs in inclusive classes, and learning strategies in inclusive settings.

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Charlesworth ◽  
Deborah Charlesworth
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Alfred Russel Wallace ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Living Species ◽  
Evolution By Natural Selection ◽  
Special Creation

Less than 150 years ago, the view that living species were the result of special creation by God was still dominant. The recognition by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace of the mechanism of evolution by natural selection has completely transformed our understanding of the living world, including our own origins. Evolution: A Very Short Introduction provides a summary of the process of evolution by natural selection, highlighting the wide range of evidence, and explains how natural selection gives rise to adaptations and eventually, over many generations, to new species. It introduces the central concepts of the field of evolutionary biology and discusses some of the remaining questions regarding evolutionary processes.

On the Compatibility of Evolutionary Biology and Theism

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
John Lemos
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Christian Belief ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Creation Story ◽  
The Image Of God

Human beings are the products of many thousands of years of biological evolution, and this process occurs in accordance with the principles of natural selection originally articulated and defended by Charles Darwin and developed and defended further in the modern synthesis of the 20th century.  In this paper, I consider how it may be thought that this fact threatens the rationality of belief in the Christian God.  These threats are countenanced with respect to issues of design, randomness, suffering, and the objectivity of ethics.  I argue that while some versions of Christian belief, such as those grounded in a literalist reading of the Genesis creation story or those committed to the image of God thesis, may be threatened by a Darwinian worldview, there are nonetheless plausible versions of Christian belief that are immune to Darwinian challenges.

scholarly journals Darwin's Galápagos finches in modern biology

2010 ◽  
Vol 365 (1543) ◽  
pp. 1001-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arhat Abzhanov
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Niche Partitioning ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Modern Biology ◽  
Wide Audience ◽  
Darwin's Finches ◽  
Darwin’S Finches

One of the classic examples of adaptive radiation under natural selection is the evolution of 15 closely related species of Darwin's finches (Passeriformes), whose primary diversity lies in the size and shape of their beaks. Since Charles Darwin and other members of the Beagle expedition collected these birds on the Galápagos Islands in 1835 and introduced them to science, they have been the subjects of intense research. Many biology textbooks use Darwin's finches to illustrate a variety of topics of evolutionary theory, such as speciation, natural selection and niche partitioning. Today, as this Theme Issue illustrates, Darwin's finches continue to be a very valuable source of biological discovery. Certain advantages of studying this group allow further breakthroughs in our understanding of changes in recent island biodiversity, mechanisms of speciation and hybridization, evolution of cognitive behaviours, principles of beak/jaw biomechanics as well as the underlying developmental genetic mechanisms in generating morphological diversity. Our objective was to bring together some of the key workers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology who study Darwin's finches or whose studies were inspired by research on Darwin's finches. Insights provided by papers collected in this Theme Issue will be of interest to a wide audience.

Developing a Problem-Solving Lesson

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Pamala Byrd Cemen
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Mathematical Abilities ◽  
Cognitive Levels

Problem solving is one of the most important mathematical abilities that teachers can foster in students, as evidenced by its prominent role in NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) and An Agenda for Action (1980). Because of the increased availability of calculators and computers, knowledge of which computations are necessary is more important than proficiency in carrying out those computations. As a result, elementary school teachers are being encouraged and entreated to teach problem solving. However, teaching such a topic at higher cognitive levels is far from easy; the key is to be able to ask good questions. Because excellent problem-solving questions are seldom created “on the spot,” teachers will benefit from writing lesson plans that include questions they can ask at crucial moments, keeping in mind they may not need the questions at all.

The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Arvid Ågren
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Evolutionary Genetics ◽  
Selfish Gene ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Evolution By Natural Selection

To many evolutionary biologists, the central challenge of their discipline is to explain adaptation, the appearance of design in the living world. With the theory of evolution by natural selection, Charles Darwin elegantly showed how a purely mechanistic process can achieve this striking feature of nature. Since Darwin, the way many biologists think about evolution and natural selection is as a theory about individual organisms. Over a century later, a subtle but radical shift in perspective emerged with the gene’s-eye view of evolution in which natural selection was conceptualized as a struggle between genes for replication and transmission to the next generation. This viewpoint culminated with the publication of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Oxford University Press, 1976) and is now commonly referred to as selfish gene thinking. The gene’s-eye view has subsequently played a central role in evolutionary biology, although it continues to attract controversy. The central aim of this accessible book is to show how the gene’s-eye view differs from the traditional organismal account of evolution, trace its historical origins, clarify typical misunderstandings and, by using examples from contemporary experimental work, show why so many evolutionary biologists still consider it an indispensable heuristic. The book concludes by discussing how selfish gene thinking fits into ongoing debates in evolutionary biology, and what they tell us about the future of the gene’s-eye view of evolution. The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution is suitable for graduate-level students taking courses in evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, and evolutionary genetics, as well as professional researchers in these fields. It will also appeal to a broader, interdisciplinary audience from the social sciences and humanities including philosophers and historians of science

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