Evolution in European and Israeli school curricula – a comparative analysis

Mavrikaki, Evangelia; Realdon, Giulia; Aivelo, Tuomas; Bajrami, Ani; Dilek Bakanay, Çiçek; Beniermann, Anna; Blagojević, Jelena; Butkevičienė, Eglė; Cavadas, Bento; Cossu, Costantina; Cvetković, Dragana; Drobniak, Szymon M.; Özgür Durmuş, Zelal; Marta Dvořáková, Radka; Eens, Marcel; Eret, Esra; Eroglu, Seckin; Anna Gazda, Małgorzata; Georgiou, Martha; Gostling, Neil J.

doi:10.1080/09500693.2023.2293090

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Evolution in European and Israeli school curricula – a comparative analysis

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Type of publication

Straipsnis Web of Science ir Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in Web of Science and Scopus database (S1)

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Mavrikaki, Evangelia	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	GR
Realdon, Giulia	University of Camerino	IT
Aivelo, Tuomas	University of Helsinki	FI
Bajrami, Ani	University of Tirana	AL
Dilek Bakanay, Çiçek	University of Istanbul Aydın	TR
Beniermann, Anna	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	DE
Blagojević, Jelena	University of Belgrade	RS
Butkevičienė, Eglė	Kauno technologijos universitetas
Cavadas, Bento	CeiED – Lusófona University	PT
Cossu, Costantina	Ministry of Education	IT
Cvetković, Dragana	University of Belgrade	RS
Drobniak, Szymon M.	Jagiellonian University	PL
Özgür Durmuş, Zelal	Hacettepe University	TR
Marta Dvořáková, Radka	Charles University	CZ
Eens, Marcel	University of Antwerp	BE
Eret, Esra	Middle East Technical University	TR
Eroglu, Seckin	Middle East Technical University	TR
Anna Gazda, Małgorzata	Universidade do Porto	PT
Georgiou, Martha	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	GR
Gostling, Neil J.	The School of Biological Sciences	GB
Gregorčič, Tanja	University of Ljubljana	SI
Janštová, Vanda	Charles University	CZ
Jenkins, Tania	University of Geneva	CH
Kervinen, Anttoni	University of Helsinki	FI
Korfiatis, Konstantinos	University of Cyprus	CY
Kuschmierz, Paul	Justus Liebig University Giessen	DE
Lendvai, Ádám Z.	University of Debrecen	HU
de Lima, Joelyn	Michigan State University	CH
Miri, Fundime	University of Tirana	AL
Nogueira, Teresa	INIAV – National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research	PT
Panayides, Andreas	University of Cyprus	CY
Paolucci, Sylvia	Laboratorio di Scienze Sperimentali	IT
Papadopoulou, Penelope	University of Western Macedonia	GR
Pessoa, Patrícia	University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro	PT
Pinxten, Rianne	University of Antwerp	BE
Rios Rocha, Joana	University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro	PT
Fernández Sánchez, Andrea	University of A Coruña	ES
Siani, Merav	Weizmann Institute of Science	IL
Sokoli, Elvisa	University of Tirana	AL
Sousa, Bruno	Alpoente – Albufeira Poente School Group	PT
Stasinakis, Panagiotis K.	Ampelokipoi Laboratory Centre for Natural Sciences (EKFE)	GR
Torkar, Gregor	University of Ljubljana	SI
Valackienė, Asta	Verslo ir ekonomikos institutas / Institute of Busines and Economics		Gyvenimo kokybės laboratorija / Life Quality Laboratory
Varga, Máté	ELTE Eötvös Loránd University	HU
Vázquez Ben, Lucía	University of A Coruña	ES
Yarden, Anat	Weizmann Institute of Science	IL
Sá-Pinto, Xana	University of Aveiro	PT

Title

Evolution in European and Israeli school curricula – a comparative analysis

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Publisher

Routledge

Date Issued

Date	Volume	Issue
2024	00	00

Extent

p. 1-27.

Is part of

International journal of science education.

Description

This work was supported by Australian Research Council: [Grant Number DE180100202]; European Cooperation in Science and Technology: [Grant Number 17127]; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: [Grant Number 2020.05634.BD,SFRH/BD/141159/2018]; Hungarian Academy of Sciences [János Bolyai Fellowship Number BO/00555/22; Narodowe Centrum Nauki: [Grant Number UMO-2020/39/B/NZ8/01274]; National Development, Research and Innovation Office, Hungary: [Grant Number K139021]; ELTE Thematic Excellence Programme 2020 supported by the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office of Hungary [Grant Number TKP2020-IKA-05]; Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia: [Grant Number 451-03-47/2023-01/ 200178,451-03-47/2023-01/200007]; Univerzita Karlova v Praze: [Grant Number HUM/024].

The contribution of school curricula to public understanding and acceptance of evolution is still mostly unknown, due to the scarcity of studies that compare the learning goals present in different curricula. To overcome this lack of data we analysed 19 school curricula (18 European and one from Israel) to study the differences regarding the inclusion of learning goals targeting evolution understanding. We performed a quantitative content analysis using the Framework for the Assessment of school Curricula on the presence of Evolutionary concepts (FACE). For each country/region we analysed what this educational system considered the minimum evolution education a citizen should get. Our results reveal that: (i) the curricula include less than half of the learning goals considered important for scientific literacy in evolution; (ii) the most frequent learning goals address basic knowledge of evolution; (iii) learning goals related with the processes that drive evolution are often not included or rarely mentioned; (iv) evolution is most often not linked to its applications in everyday life. These results highlight the need to rethink evolution education across Europe.

Research Area

Socialiniai mokslai / Social sciences (S)

Field of Science

Sociologija / Sociology (S005)

Vadyba / Management (S003)