Evolutionary theory, study and knowledge moved on dramatically in the latter half of the twentieth century, but school teaching, curricula and teacher training are still in the primeval soup era, says Andrew Moore.
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Moore, A. Science teaching must evolve. Nature 453, 31–32 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453031a
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