Accepting evolution

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 248-254

  Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a   Plagányi, Éva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Intelligent design; Science education; Teaching evolution

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TEACHING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 37749053065     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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