Florida Teachers' Attitudes about Teaching Evolution

Samantha R. Fowler; Gerry G. Meisels

doi:10.1525/abt.2010.72.2.8

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Samantha R. Fowler,^* Gerry G. Meisels^**

^*SAMANTHA R. FOWLER is Assistant Professor of Biology in the Department of Natural Sciences at Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow, GA 30260; e-mail: samanthafowler@clayton.edu.
^**Gerry G. Meisels is Director of the Coalition for Science Literacy, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620.

Abstract

A survey of Florida teachers reveals many differences in comfort level with teaching evolution according to the state's science teaching standards, general attitudes and beliefs about evolution, and the extent to which teachers are criticized, censured, disparaged, or reprehended for their beliefs about the teaching of evolution.

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Samantha R. Fowler and Gerry G. Meisels "Florida Teachers' Attitudes about Teaching Evolution," The American Biology Teacher 72(2), 96-99, (1 February 2010). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.2.8

Published: 1 February 2010