e-Pedagogium 2016, 16(3):127-138 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2016.037

Teaching evolution and natural selection at Czech and British schools

Lucie Hlaváčová
PhDr. Lucie Hlaváčová, Katedra biologie a environmentálních studií, Pedagogická fakulta, Karlova univerzita v Praze, M. D. Rettigové 4, 116 39 Praha, E-mail: lucie.hlavacova@pedf.cuni.cz

The article presents data of a comparative analysis dealing with evolutionary bilogy tought at Czech and British (English and Scottish) schools. The research aims to find out to which extent the biological topics are associated with teaching evolution and natural selection. Total of 350 teachers from the Czech Republic and 122 teachers from England and Scotland took part in the research. The data were collected from online questionnaires. The main statistical procedures used for data analysis were descriptive statistics and chi-square test. The results show that Human Evolution and the Origin of life are the most common topics taught at Czech schools in the context of biological evolution while the British schools focus on Genetics and Adaptation.

Keywords: Evolution, natural selection, learnig, teaching, Czech Republic, England, Scotland

Published: June 1, 2016  Show citation

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Hlaváčová, L. (2016). Teaching evolution and natural selection at Czech and British schools. e-Pedagogium, 16(3), 127-138. doi: 10.5507/epd.2016.037
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