Relationships between the Religious Backgrounds and Evolution Acceptance of Black and Hispanic Biology Students.

ABSTRACT: The evolution education experiences of students of color represent an emerging area of research, because past inquiries indicate these students have differential outcomes, such as lower evolution acceptance and severe underrepresentation in evolutionary biology. Religion is often an important support for students of color who are navigating a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics culture that privileges White nonreligious students. For instance, religion helps mitigate the negative effects of racism, but religious students are also more likely to experience conflict when learning evolution. In this nationwide study, we examined the extent to which strong religiosity among students of color can explain their lower evolution acceptance. We surveyed students in 77 college biology

SUBMITTER: Barnes ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8693932 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature