European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment

Kuschmierz, Paul (author), Beniermann, Anna (author), Bergmann, Alexander (author), Pinxten, Rianne (author), Aivelo, Tuomas (author), Berniak-Woźny, Justyna (author), Bohlin, Gustav (author), Bugallo-Rodriguez, Anxela (author), Cardia, Pedro (author), Cavadas, Bento Filipe Barreiras Pinto (author), Šorgo, Andrej (author), Torkar, Gregor (author)

Investigations of evolution knowledge and acceptance and their relation are central to evolution edu‑ cation research. Ambiguous results in this feld of study demonstrate a variety of measuring issues, for instance difer‑ ently theorized constructs, or a lack of standardized methods, especially for cross-country comparisons. In particular, meaningful comparisons across European countries, with their varying cultural backgrounds and education systems, are rare, often include only few countries, and lack standardization. To address these defcits, we conducted a stand‑ ardized European survey, on 9200 frst-year university students in 26 European countries utilizing a validated, com‑ prehensive questionnaire, the “Evolution Education Questionnaire”, to assess evolution acceptance and knowledge, as well as infuencing factors on evolution acceptance.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: evolucija
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publisher: New York : Springer
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: 1-22
• Numbering: 14
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134181
• ISSN: 1936-6434
• COBISS.SI-ID: 87870723
• Publication date in RUL: 29.12.2021

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Keywords: evolution