Evolution is one of the most important topics in Biology since it connects all other biology topics among themselves. Because of its complexity, it is often misunderstood. Even though it is a unifying theme, it is often taught separately from other topics, which can be one of the factors for misunderstanding among students. Evolution is taught in ninth grade of primary school and in third year of secondary school. While learning about evolution, students rely on textbooks, which are an important source of information for them. Unfortunately, however, textbooks are also sometimes triggers for misunderstandings. This thesis provides analysis of currently approved Slovenian textbooks for gymnasium and their influence on misunderstandings of the evolution. The Analysis was conducted with FACE evolution framework. The findings of our research show that textbooks differ in range of pages which are devoted to evolution, number of FACE evolution framework categories, number of visualising elements and number of tasks and questions for revision. The findings of this research show that FACE categories are not equally important to all authors. Moreover, evolution is presented on numerous examples of organisms, however the vast majority of those are based on animals who have their habitat also in Slovenia. Analysed examples primarily show how organism gain certain characteristics which enables their adaptations and survival.
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