From: Evolution acceptance among pre-service primary teachers
A. Pedagogical factor | Brief description of the factors |
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Fossil related issues | • Inadequate knowledge of fossil record |
• Lack of understanding of the fossil evidence | |
• Strength of the evidence | |
Knowledge and understanding | • Not enough knowledge about the ToE |
• Incorrect understanding of NOS | |
• Difficulty to understand mechanism and patterns of evolution | |
• Insufficient knowledge about ToE as a scientific hypothesis | |
Misconceptions | Misconceptions about the modern ToE |
Epistemological view | Doubt about socially constructed knowledge |
Relating science and religion | Difficulty or inability to relate the two systems of knowledge |
Non-pedagogical Factors | Brief description of the factors |
Religion oriented issues | • Issue of relating science and religion |
• Literal interpretation of the holy script | |
• Fear of rejecting God | |
• Fear of questioning/losing/doubting faith | |
• Fear of suffusing religion and evolution | |
• Fear/difficulty of adapting their religious views | |
Spirituality | • Fear of spiritual void |
• Fear of lack of purpose | |
• Fear of loss of human dignity | |
Psychological issues | |
• Essentialism | |
• Teleological thinking | |
Society oriented factors | • Social bonds: |
• Fear of disapproval from the family | |
• Fear of betraying the organisational authority (Church) and fellow believers (wider family) | |
• Concerns about the morality of society | |
Cognitive attributes | • Difficulty or inability to have Tree thinking, Statistical thinking, Probabilistic thinking, Cognitive thinking, Logical and Critical thinking |
Political affiliations | Association with who suggest, support or attack the idea. |
Demographic factors | Race, gender, academic majors etc. |