Understanding and Teaching Evolution
University of Bath via FutureLearn
Overview
Find out how to teach evolution to 7–16 year olds
How does evolution happen? Can we observe it in real time? How do new species come about and how long does this take?
When you think about evolution, you may think of Darwin, but modern genetics has transformed our understanding of how evolution happens. This course uses this new genetics-centred approach to explain key concepts in our scientific understanding of evolution.
The course starts with the genetics of inheritance and variation, how natural selection and adaptation leads to speciation, followed by macroevolution and geological time, ending with human evolution.
The course is aimed at primary and secondary school teachers, students, parents, and anyone interested in understanding evolution.
Taught by
Laurence Hurst (Educator)
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Thank Heaven for this course, just by its existence it deserves 5 stars -- when I was young in Texas... well, even into early 21st century teaching evolution is tricky, with some people associated with a certain GW Bush messing around in Texas & elsewhere....
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