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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2015.35.2.0259

The Relation of High School Students' Epistemological belief, Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory and Evolutionary Knowledge  

Kim, Sun Young (Chosun University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.35, no.2, 2015 , pp. 259-265 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined high school students' acceptance of evolutionary theory, evolutionary knowledge, and epistemological belief. The Christian and non-Christian students' acceptance of evolutionary theory and evolution content knowledge were compared in relation to their 'scientific epistemological views' (domain-specific) and 'evolution in relation to nature of science' (context-specific). The Christian students' evolutionary knowledge was most predicted by the theory-laden exploration of science, while the non-Christian students' scores on evolutionary knowledge were most predicted by the scientific epistemological views. In addition, the Christian students' scores on scientific epistemological views and evolution in relation to evolution were not significantly related to each other, while the non-Christian students' scores on both variables were significantly related. Furthermore, 'evolution in relation to nature of science' is the strongest predictor of both Christian and non-Christian students' acceptance of evolution.
Keywords
theory of evolution; epistemology; nature of science; religion; high school students;
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