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Eirdosh, D., & Hanisch, S. (2020). Can the science of Prosocial be a part of evolution education. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 13 (5). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-020-00119-7

We provide a brief overview of Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups by Paul Atkins, David Sloan Wilson, and

Hanisch, S. & Eirdosh, D. (2020). Educational potential of teaching evolution as an interdisciplinary science. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 13 (25). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-020-00138-4

Evolution education continues to struggle with a range of persistent challenges spanning aspects of conceptual understanding, acceptance, and perceived relevance of evolutionary theory by

Three Mexican fisheries

Students compare the stories of three Mexican fishing villages to understand the factors that enabled some villages to sustainably manage their fishing resources, while

Collective Action Puzzle Game

A group game that lets students experience the dilemma between self-interest and collective interest when groups have to work together to achieve shared goals.

Perception of eyes and prosocial behavior

A behavioral experiment that tells us about the role of unconscious perception, particularly the perception of human eyes, on human social behavior.

Introduction to social dilemmas and the payoff matrix

Students reflect on the causes and consequences of human behaviors in situations of social interactions, and are introduced to the payoff matrix as a

Aktipis, A. (2016). Principles of cooperation across systems: From human sharing to multicellularity and cancer. Evolutionary Applications, 9(1), 17–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12303

Atkins, P. W. B., Wilson, D. S., & Hayes, S. C. (2019). Prosocial. Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups. Oakland, CA, USA: Context Press.

Based on the work of Nobel Prize winning economist Elinor Ostrom and grounded in contextual behavioral science, evolutionary science, and acceptance and commitment therapy

Boehm, C. (1999). Hierarchy in the Forest. The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press.

NetLogo computer simulations of social-ecological systems

This topic is about the (further) development of agent-based models with the NetLogo software and associated teaching materials and their implementation and evaluation in

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