Observing differences in hominin skulls
An activity for students to explore and notice traits on fossil hominin skulls
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Evolutionary Thinking
Evolutionary Thinking
Human Societies as Collective Brains
Human intelligence seems to be a social, more than merely an individual phenomenon. What can we learn from comparing human societies to human brains?
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Evolution, Morality, Sustainability
A collection of lesson materials to explore the nature of human morality in the light of evolution and sustainability
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Eirdosh, D. & Hanisch, S. (2022, preprint) Understanding Evolution As If By Design? The challenges and opportunities of reasoning about agency in evolutionary biology and society. OpenEvo Book Review and Commentary. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26643.14884/2
This review and commentary on psychologist Edward Wasserman’s As if By Design provides a brief overview of the core argument from Wasserman, and discusses the implications for evolution science educators and students.
Cumulative culture
Human Evolution Resources Cumulative Culture Physicist Isaac Newton once said of the importance of his scientific accomplishments: “I could only look so far because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.” By that he meant that he was relying strongly on the knowledge of his predecessors, and only by doing so could get to
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Hanisch, S., Eirdosh, D. (2023). Teaching for the Interdisciplinary Understanding of Evolutionary Concepts. In: du Crest, A., Valković, M., Ariew, A., Desmond, H., Huneman, P., Reydon, T.A.C. (eds) Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines. Synthese Library, vol 478. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33358-3_8
Evolutionary concepts are used, with varying and arguable degrees of scientific utility, across a wide range of disciplines. This contribution explores how understanding the structures of knowledge, or the organization of facts and generalizations in science, cognition, and education, may help illuminate the educational potential and evidence-informed pedagogical practices appropriate for teaching about the interdisciplinary application of evolutionary concepts.
Curriculum Overload – Improvement
Curriculum Overload is a complex phenomena in which schools face challenges in creating adaptive learning environments for students.
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What is behavior?
In this lesson students explore the concept of (human) behavior, its causes, and its relation to well-being and sustainable development.
