I Won't Teach Evolution; It's Against my Religion. And Now for the Rest of the Story ... From: The American Biology Teacher | Date: August 1, 2004| Author: Trani, Randy | Copyright National Association of Biology Teachers Aug 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

"I won't teach evolution, I don't believe in it; besides it is only a theory, and it is against my religion." Do straightiorward refutations oi the foundation of biology and the accompanying rationale like this one explain all of the factors related to some biology teachers' refusal to teach evolution? Apparently not, for research presented here suggests that many teachers do not teach evolution because of their strong religious convictions. However, these teachers' strong religious convictio...

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