The Evolution of Life: Teaching, Learning and Training - New Approaches on Current Research in the Didactics of Evolution

The aim of this collective work is to give an account of the topicality and dynamics of new research in the didactics of evolution, by articulating francophone and international work.

The various contributions pursue a reflection on the challenges of teaching and learning about evolution, based on historical, epistemological and societal approaches. The themes addressed illustrate the vitality and diversity of research issues in educational sciences, from primary school to university.

Structured around different theoretical fields (problematization, didactics of the curriculum, nature of science, etc.), this book explores the content, teaching and learning processes and approaches, teaching practices, as well as pre-service and in-service teacher training, with a view to both intelligibility and feasibility.

Corinne Fortin is an associate professor in Didactics of Life and Earth Sciences at the University of Paris-East Créteil (UPEC) and at the André Revuz Didactics Laboratory (LDAR) of the University of Paris-Cité in France.

Julie Gobert is an associate professor in Didactics of Life and Earth Sciences at the Learning, Didactics, Evaluation, Training Laboratory (ADEF) at Aix-Marseille University, France.