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Overview
This handbook explains why so many students reject evolution and helps science instructors better understand students' Creationist beliefs.
Synopsis
A novel handbook that explains why so many secondary and college students reject evolution and are antagonistic toward its teaching.
Booknews
Through an examination of the beliefs of those who reject evolution, and questions and answers about science education, the authors present a cogent case and methods for teaching evolution. Appendices include organizations and statements supporting the teaching of evolution. Further support is provided by foreword writer Stephen Jay Gould (Harvard U.). B. Alters directs the new Evolution Education Research Centre at McGill U. S.M. Alters formerly taught at the U. of Missouri. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)