Perspectives of Thai Students in Grade 9 -12 on Evolutionary Concepts

Authors

  • Pongprapan Pongsophon The Program to Prepare Research and Development Presonnel for Science Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Pattanee Jantrarotai Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Vantipa Roadrangka Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

evolutionary theory, student conception, scientific conception

Abstract

Fifteen students ranging from grade 9 to 12 of one large-size secondary school in Bangkok metropolis were evaluated on the perspectives of evolution using in-depth interview technique. The data indicated that students understood evolutionary phenomena different from the currently accepted theory of Neodarwinism. Most students, especially those in the preteach group, attached to the Lamarckian view on the law of use and disuse and the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Moreover, students held on to the alternative concepts of evolution; population, genetic variation, fitness and adaptation. The students expressed the concepts related to their prior experience and everyday use of these terms.

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Published

01-01-2003

How to Cite

Pongsophon, P., Jantrarotai, P., & Roadrangka, V. (2003). Perspectives of Thai Students in Grade 9 -12 on Evolutionary Concepts. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 24(1), 1–14. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/kjss/article/view/243392

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2003): January - June

Section

Research articles

License

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/