Evolutionary Thinking

Moral intuitions

Human Evolution Resources Moral intuitions A basic insight of social psychology is that our beliefs and attitudes about ethical-moral issues are also largely influenced by “fast thinking”. People tend to quickly decide what is morally “right” and “wrong” through intuition and emotion, and only then, through conscious, rationalizing thinking, to find reasons that support their […]

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Causal mapping pieces for causal relationships in the present and future

Susan Hanisch

Materials for creating a causal map on the relationships between human behaviors, technologies, institutions, social and natural environments

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Connecting Past, Present, and Future

Susan Hanisch

A collection of materials for connecting past human evolution to the present and the future. Students explore global trends and relationships between human behavior, technologies, social organization, environment, and well-being.

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DNA-V

Susan Hanisch

Discoverer, Noticer, Advisor Resources on the DNA-V model Psychologists Louise Hayes and Joseph Ciarocchi have developed the DNA-V model. It contains the metaphors of the “Discoverer“, “Noticer“, and “Advisor” as well as Values, to help humans be aware of, make use of, and practice different skills towards valued living. https://vimeo.com/142767519?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=33385105 The Discoverer Function: To increase

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Hanisch, S., & Eirdosh, D. (2023). Developing Teacher Competencies for Teaching Evolution across the Primary School Curriculum: A Design Study of a Pre-Service Teacher Education Module. Education Sciences, 13(8), 797. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13080797

Susan Hanisch

Hanisch, S., & Eirdosh, D. (2023). Developing Teacher Competencies for Teaching Evolution across the Primary School Curriculum: A Design Study of a Pre-Service Teacher Education Module. Education Sciences, 13(8), 797. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13080797 Read More »

Mismatch? (lesson plan)

Susan Hanisch

Students learn about the concept of evolutionary mismatch and apply it to various problems of sustainable development.

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Hanisch, S., & Eirdosh, D. (2020). Conceptual clarification of evolution as an interdisciplinary science. EdArXiv. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/vr4t5

Susan Hanisch

This article aims to provide evolution educators with a short review of current discourse in evolution science and a conceptual clarification of core concepts in evolutionary theory, in the service of promoting deeper and transferable understanding of these concepts in evolution education.

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Cultural evolution (lesson plan)

Dustin Eirdosh

Students explore the concept of cultural evolution by comparing it to genetic evolution based on a number of concepts, and explore why cultural evolution is so important in our species.

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Lost explorers

Dustin Eirdosh

Stories of lost explorers that tell us about the importance of cultural knowledge to our survival.

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Species and Individuals

Dustin Eirdosh

How can we understand variation in the minds of primates? An Orange-based data exploration.

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