"The trend towards creationism is undiminished".

A teacher-trainer is alert. One in eight Lehramt student doubts the evolution - and future bio-teacher warns Dittmar Graf von der TU Dortmund in an interview. In two studies, he found out: not just blame the religion.

 

blogs ONLINE: Mr. Graf, nearly 15 percent of prospective teachers at the University of Dortmund doubt evolutionary theory. That gives you two years ago
with a study found. Now you have again demanded. What came out?

Dittmar Graf: The trend is confirmed. We evaluate the data is still pending, but the trend is clear.

blogs ONLINE: The University of Dortmund is a hotbed of creationists?

Count: That would have to get after the first study can be accused. But now we have first in victories and Hildesheim surveyed total of 1200 future teachers.

blogs ONLINE: And doubt the students of evolution?

Graf: In any event, many alarmingly indicate they did not believe that humans and chimpanzees have common ancestors. You do not want to know that all living beings to common ancestors to look back. And there are many who doubt that life before 3.6 billion years ago. Even among those who study biology at Lehramt.

blogs ONLINE: When you apply in your study as evolutionary skeptics?

THE BIO-TEACHER-TEACHER

TU Dortmund

Dittmar Graf, 53, formed since 1992, Bio-teachers. He is a professor at the TU Dortmund and spokesman of biology teaching in North Rhine-Westphalia. For two studies, he had more than 1000 student teachers in the first semester question. The result: Every Eighth doubts about Darwin's evolutionary doctrine, the most important theory of biology.

Graf: When more than 80 percent of the questions answers, which are not consistent with the theory of evolution law.

blogs ONLINE: Are all religious zealots?

Graf: No, no. While religious beliefs and are skeptical of evolution. But much more does a naive image of science. Nearly 15 percent of the surveyed first have no idea how science works. As is said: "Science is just dogmatic." Many present themselves, we would stone pebbles for a large mosaic of the truth together. They simply do not know that all scientific knowledge is always provisional, and each statement must be verifiable.

blogs ONLINE: Why is that?

Graf: When someone under 13 years of schooling or even an idea of how science works, then there is something wrong. Often focuses on the school science theory does not. It must be the subject of extensive evolutionary approach - and especially the past, not only in the 9th and 10 Class.

WITH GOD'S WORD TO THE SCIENCE

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Long rages, especially in the U.S., a cultural battle between researchers and cautious: The creationists want the Bible story of creation literally understood. They argue against the grounds of Charles Darwin evolution doctrine and call for anchoring the creation story in school - in biology, not religion. Their main argument: Certain characteristics of living organisms are so complex that it is compatible with evolution alone can not explain that. The most radical fundamental Christians ( "Flat Earth") even believe that the earth is a disc.

Fundamentalism in Tarnkleid: Representatives of the academic version Intelligent Design are not talking about God, but by a supernatural intelligence behind all things. The creationism by his followers in the U.S. primarily for legal reasons in Intelligent Design renamed as U.S. courts repeatedly religious teachings in public schools were prohibited. Under the new label supporters praise her faith as an equivalent theory. The scientists, however, leaves the hair stand - for a theory it would eventually form the basis of research, evidence and scientific publications.

In 31 U.S. states quarreling parents to court if their children in Biology besides teaching the theory of evolution, the concept of a divine creator learn. The judgments are not clear: It had to be creationists around in Pennsylvania and California defeats some flak, but in Kansas, the biblical story of creation in addition to the equivalent theory of evolution is. According to opinion polls that already 57 percent of Americans and 22 percent of Britons to creationism.

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Some critics tackle creationism and intelligent design with a sense of humor. Sun was founded as a separate religion, attached to the body of God a flying spaghetti monster sets, and took a satirical campaign ball rolling. The requirement of "Pastafarians" If intelligent design has a religious outlook will spread to schools, then should the theory of a noodle monster as creator of all life to be.

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blogs ONLINE: Should primary school students are already employed with Darwin before they are properly read and write?

Graf: Obviously it is difficult. Evolution is more abstract than a creation story. Nevertheless, we must start sooner, otherwise solidifies quickly unscientific idea of where we come from.

blogs ONLINE: You have said at that time, you feared there was a trend creationists.

Graf: The trend is thought to be creationists unabated. Take only the number of such groups, forums and websites. Only at the University of outing the creationists rare. We have this trend until the polls found. But even in my seminars, I meet students who for religious reasons to reject evolution. Recently, two students of Muslim background openly.

blogs ONLINE: How did the fellow's response?

Graf: With fierce headwind - which calmed me.