TY - JOUR
T1 - Una primera aproximación a la comprensión que tienen estudiantes universitarios en chile de la teoría de la evolución
AU - Cofré, Hernán L.
AU - Vergara, Claudia A.
AU - Santibáñez, David P.
AU - Jiménez, Juan P.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Given the importance of the Theory of Evolution (TE) as scientific knowledge, the aim of the present study was to characterize the understanding about TE of 248 undergraduate students. Data was collected based on an 18 question instrument (3 demographic, 14 Likert scale and one open-ended), that targeted three main topics: Understanding of Theory and Law (UTL), Understanding of TE (UTE), and Acceptance of TE (ATE). The analysis of data revealed that 74% of the participants accept TE as established scientific knowledge; however, they also had misconceptions about ET and TL. The implications for teaching TE in high school and in the education of science teachers are also discussed in this study.
AB - Given the importance of the Theory of Evolution (TE) as scientific knowledge, the aim of the present study was to characterize the understanding about TE of 248 undergraduate students. Data was collected based on an 18 question instrument (3 demographic, 14 Likert scale and one open-ended), that targeted three main topics: Understanding of Theory and Law (UTL), Understanding of TE (UTE), and Acceptance of TE (ATE). The analysis of data revealed that 74% of the participants accept TE as established scientific knowledge; however, they also had misconceptions about ET and TL. The implications for teaching TE in high school and in the education of science teachers are also discussed in this study.
KW - Acceptance of evolution
KW - Evolution
KW - Misconceptions
KW - Nature of science
KW - Understanding of evolution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019830445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4067/s0718-07052013000200005
DO - 10.4067/s0718-07052013000200005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019830445
VL - 39
SP - 67
EP - 83
JO - Estudios Pedagogicos
JF - Estudios Pedagogicos
SN - 0716-050X
IS - 2
ER -