The Implications of the Cognitive Sciences for the Relation Between Religion and Science Education: The Case of Evolutionary Theory
@article{Blancke2012TheIO, title={The Implications of the Cognitive Sciences for the Relation Between Religion and Science Education: The Case of Evolutionary Theory}, author={Stefaan Blancke and Johannes De Smedt and Helen De Cruz and Maarten Boudry and Johan Braeckman}, journal={Science \& Education}, year={2012}, volume={21}, pages={1167-1184} }
This paper discusses the relationship between religion and science education in the light of the cognitive sciences. We challenge the popular view that science and religion are compatible, a view that suggests that learning and understanding evolutionary theory has no effect on students’ religious beliefs and vice versa. We develop a cognitive perspective on how students manage to reconcile evolutionary theory with their religious beliefs. We underwrite the claim developed by cognitive…
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