MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 285 OPINION THE EVOLUTION-CREATION WARS: WHY TEACHING MORE SCIENCE JUST IS NOT ENOUGH MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI State University of New York – Stony Brook ABSTRACT. LA DISCORDE ÉVOLUTION-CRÉATIONNISME : POURQUOI UN ENSEIGNEMENT ACCRU DES SCIENCES NE SUFFIT PAS RÉSUMÉ The "controversy" that does not go away T Massimo Pigliucci 286 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 Teaching science: Facts or methods? MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 287 Massimo Pigliucci 288 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 289 Massimo Pigliucci 290 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 Not just creationism, not just education MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 291 Massimo Pigliucci 292 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 293 FIGURE 1. Results of a survey conducted by the author on the belief in a host of paranormal phenomena by honors students at the University of Tennessee. The diagram on the left shows that – surprisingly – science majors actually show more belief in the paranormal than non-science (mostly philosophy) majors. The diagram on the right demonstrates that in this sample there was no relationship between belief in the paranormal and gender. Brackets indicate standard errors. Massimo Pigliucci 294 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 TABLE 1. Analyses of variance of the relationship between major, gender, and majorby-gender interaction on the one hand, and overall students' scores in science facts, science concepts, and pseudoscience belief. R2 indicates the amount of variance explained by the model; numbers in parentheses in the top row indicate degrees of freedom; inside the table are the p-value corresponding to each test; boldface indicates statistically significant effects. How the brain actually works, and why it matters to education MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 295 Massimo Pigliucci 296 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 297 What to do Massimo Pigliucci 298 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 299 . Massimo Pigliucci 300 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 301 . Massimo Pigliucci 302 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 303 Massimo Pigliucci 304 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MCGILL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION • VOL. 42 NO 2 SPRING 2007 The Evolution-Creation Wars 305 REFERENCES Massimo Pigliucci 306 REVUE DES SCIENCES DE L'ÉDUCATION DE MCGILL • VOL. 42 NO 2 PRINTEMPS 2007 MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI holds doctorates in genetics, botany, and the philosophy of science. He is a professor of evolutionary biology and philosophy at the State University of New York – Stony Brook, and his research is on genotype-environment interactions and philosophy of science. His latest book is Making Sense of Evolution (with Jonathan Kaplan, University of Chicago Press). He can be reached at www.genotypebyenvironment.org. MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI détient des doctorats en génétique, en botanique et en philosophie des sciences. Il est professeur de biologie évolutionniste et de philosophie à la State University of New York – Stony Brook et mène des recherches sur les interactions génotype-environnement et la philosophie des sciences. Il a récemment publié Making Sense of Evolution (en collaboration avec Jonathan Kaplan, University of Chicago Press). On peut le joindre à www.genotypebyenvironment.org.