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DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;Teaching and Learning about Biological Evolution in&nbsp
 \;the Muslim World Evolutionary theory is overwhelmingly accepted world-wi
 de by the scientific community and considered to be of central importance 
 to an understanding of the life\, Earth\, and space sciences. Yet\, social
  controversies over the teaching of evolution are common in North America 
 and other Western settings\, especially with regard to Christian-based cre
 ationism. Little is known in the West\, however\, about how Muslims have r
 eacted to evolutionary theory\, and perhaps even less is known about how e
 volution is taught in the schools of&nbsp\;Islamic societies. This present
 ation will summarize findings derived from data collected among Muslims vi
 a questionnaires and interviews administered to students\, teachers and un
 iversity scientists as well as from reviews of curricular documents during
  a four-year study of Islamic understandings of and attitudes toward evolu
 tion and the teaching thereof. As Islam is a prominent world religion\, an
 d as Muslim populations appear to be rapidly growing in the West\, it is i
 mportant to consider how Muslims might think about evolution\, which will 
 hopefully facilitate constructive cross-cultural dialogue around science i
 n general. 
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SUMMARY:MES presents: Jason R. Wiles
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:&nbsp\;Teaching and Learning about Biological 
 Evolution in&nbsp\;the Muslim World Evolutionary theory is overwhelmingly 
 accepted world-wide by the scientific community and considered to be of ce
 ntral importance to an understanding of the life\, Earth\, and space scien
 ces. Yet\, social controversies over the teaching of evolution are common 
 in North America and other Western settings\, especially with regard to Ch
 ristian-based creationism. Little is known in the West\, however\, about h
 ow Muslims have reacted to evolutionary theory\, and perhaps even less is 
 known about how evolution is taught in the schools of&nbsp\;Islamic societ
 ies. This presentation will summarize findings derived from data collected
  among Muslims via questionnaires and interviews administered to students\
 , teachers and university scientists as well as from reviews of curricular
  documents during a four-year study of Islamic understandings of and attit
 udes toward evolution and the teaching thereof. As Islam is a prominent wo
 rld religion\, and as Muslim populations appear to be rapidly growing in t
 he West\, it is important to consider how Muslims might think about evolut
 ion\, which will hopefully facilitate constructive cross-cultural dialogue
  around science in general. 
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