3 research outputs found

    Creationist Conceptions in 14 Countries. How to Teach Evolution to French Students Coming from Immigration?

    Get PDF
    International audienceEven in France, where creationist ideas are not widespread, more and more teachers are confronted to some difficulties when teaching the biological evolution, mainly with students coming from families immigrated from North Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa. In a first part, to better realize the conflict between the French culture and their African initial culture, we will present some results analyzing the creationist ideas of teachers in 14 countries (n = 5706), including France and 5 African countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal and Burkina Faso). We will then analyze the creationist conceptions of 17-18 year old students in a high school of the suburb of Lyon (France) and the main epistemological and socio-cultural obstacles to learning evolution. We will finally present the new strategies of two teachers (biology and philosophy) to help their students to accept the idea that biological evolution is not in contradiction with their possible belief in God, science and religion being two distinct areas

    HyMeX, le cycle de l'eau méditerranéen à la loupe

    Get PDF
    International audienceD'initiative française, le projet international HyMeX a pour objectif d'amĂ©liorer la comprĂ©hension du cycle de l'eau en MĂ©diterranĂ©e, de sa variabilitĂ©, de l'Ă©chelle de l'Ă©vĂ©nement mĂ©tĂ©orologique aux Ă©chelles saisonniĂšres et interannuelles, et de ses caractĂ©ristiques sur une dĂ©cennie, dans un contexte de changement global. Le projet est motivĂ© par le rĂŽle dĂ©terminant des processus de mĂ©soĂ©chelle, couplĂ©s entre l'atmosphĂšre, la mer et la terre, sur la variabilitĂ© du systĂšme climatique et sur le dĂ©clenchement d'Ă©vĂ©nements hydromĂ©tĂ©orologiques extrĂȘmes (prĂ©cipitations et inondations, vents forts et convection ocĂ©anique, canicules et sĂ©cheresses). Le projet vise enfin Ă  Ă©valuer les consĂ©quences de ces Ă©vĂ©nements extrĂȘmes sur la vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© sociale et Ă©conomique de cette rĂ©gion et sa capacitĂ© d'adaptation
    corecore