Teleology and Evolution Education

The contributions of this special issue explore all aspects of teleological reasoning and teleological language pertinent to the teaching and learning of evolution. It includes a wide range from theoretical reflections on the role that teleology should play in evolution education to empirical studies addressing teleology-related aspects of teaching and learning evolution. It addresses: the assessment of students’ teleological reasoning and teleological misconceptions about evolution; teaching strategies and learning environments focusing on teleology; and teachers’ teleology-related instructional practices and professional development.

Guest Editor: Marcus Hammann, University of Münster, Germany

^Editorial
Teleology and evolution education: introduction to the special issue

Marcus Hammann and Ross H. Nehm

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:16
Published on: 07 July 2020}

^{Curriculum and education}
Teleology’s long shadow

A. Werth and D. Allchin

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:4
Published on: 05 March 2020}

^{Review Article}
Students’ “teleological misconceptions” in evolution education: why the underlying design stance, not teleology per se, is the problem

Kostas Kampourakis

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:1
Published on: 09 January 2020}

^{Review Article}
The relationship between biological function and teleology: Implications for biology education

Friederike Trommler and Marcus Hammann 

<sup>Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:11
Published on: 29 May 2020


Curriculum and education</sup>
The self-regulation of teleological thinking in natural selection learning

Leonardo González Galli, Gastón Peréz and Alma Adrianna Gómez Galindo

<sup>Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:6
Published on: 30 April 2020


Curriculum and education</sup>
Teleological Pitfalls in Reading Evolutionary Trees and Ways to Avoid Them

Thilo Schramm and Philipp Schmiemann

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2019 12:20
Published on: 29 November 2019}

^{Research Article}
Teleological explanations in evolution classes: video-based analyses of teaching and learning processes across a seventh-grade teaching unit

Helge Gresch

<sup>Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:10
Published on: 29 May 2020


Research Article</sup>
Teaching natural selection in early elementary classrooms: can a storybook intervention reduce teleological misunderstandings?

Sarah A. Brown, Samuel Ronfard and Deborah Kelemen

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2020 13:12
Published on: 30 May 2020}