Enhancing Critical Thinking through Structured Academic Controversy

Enhancing Critical Thinking through Structured Academic Controversy

Describes how a film regarding a controversial issue (evolution education) can be used in the classroom to generate student interest and initiate excellent opportunities for teaching critical thinking skills in high school biology. Daily activities are provided to demonstrate how a lesson on evoluti...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American biology teacher 1994-10, Vol.56 (7), p.416-419
Hauptverfasser: Mead, Janell M, Scharmann, Lawrence C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biology
Critical Thinking
English teachers
Epistemology
Evolution
Evolution (Biology)
Evolutionary theories
History instruction
How-To-Do-It
Instructional Improvement
Movies
Science Activities
Science Education
Science teachers
Secondary Education
Social evolution
Study and teaching
Visual Aids
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Zusammenfassung:Describes how a film regarding a controversial issue (evolution education) can be used in the classroom to generate student interest and initiate excellent opportunities for teaching critical thinking skills in high school biology. Daily activities are provided to demonstrate how a lesson on evolution was built around this film. (ZWH)
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211
DOI:10.2307/4449872