The Role of Science and Faith in Science Education



Publications

Stewart, C.O., Dickerson, D.L., & Hotchkiss, R. (2009). Beliefs about science and news frames in audience evaluations of embryonic and adult stem cell research. Science Communication, 30(4), 427-452.

Dickerson, D.L., Dawkins, K.R. & Penick, J.E. (2008). Clergy’s views of the relationship between science and religious faith and the implications for science education. Science & Education, 17(4), 359-386.

Doctoral Dissertation: Understanding the Relationship between Science and Faith, the Nature of Science, and Controversial Content Understandings

Conference Presentations

Stewart, C., Dickerson, D., Hathcock, S., Weston, J., & Minogue, J. (April, 2012). Predicting undergraduate students’ beliefs about science:  An exploratory study using the Thinking about Science Survey Instrument (TSSI). To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, British Columbia.

Stewart, C.O. & Dickerson, D.L. (May, 2010). Rhetorical effects of news frames on audience perceptions of adult and embryonic stem cell research. Presented at the annual meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, MN.

Stewart, C.O., Dickerson, D.L., & Hotchkiss, R. (2008, July). Beliefs about science and news frames in audience evaluations of embryonic and adult stem cell research. Presented at the annual meeting of Society for Text and Discourse, Memphis, TN.

Stewart, C.O., Dickerson, D.L., & Hotchkiss, R. (2008, April). The role of news frames and beliefs about science in evaluating stem cell research in popular news media. Presented at the Old Dominion University Research Expo, Norfolk, VA.

Dickerson, D.L. (2008, March). Uses of scientific, historical, and faith-based evidence in addressing controversial science content. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Dickerson, D.L., Stewart, C.O., & Cutshaw, D.V. (2008, January). Rhetorical analysis of socioscientific issues in popular news media. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators, St. Louis, MO.

Dickerson, D.L., Slykhuis, D., & Dawkins, K.R. (2007, April). Examining cultural understandings of the relationship between intelligent design and nature of science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans, LA.

Dickerson, D.L., Slykhuis, D., & Dawkins, K.R. (2007, April). Middle-level pre-service science teachers' understandings of the relationship between intelligent design and nature of science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Dickerson, D.L. & Slykhuis, D. (2007, January). The use of comparative readings regarding Intelligent Design and NOS. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators, Clearwater, FL.

Dickerson, D.L. & Slykhuis, D. (2006, November). NOS and intelligent design in the science classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Richmond, VA.

Dickerson, D.L. & Slykhuis, D. (2006, November). Science and faith in the science classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Science Teachers Association, Greensboro, NC.

Slykhuis, D. & Dickerson, D.L. (2006, October). Science and religious faith in middle-level teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Marion, VA.

Dickerson, D.L. & Slykhuis, D. (2006, May). Building understandings of nature of science through an activity designed to allow self-reflection regarding relationships between science and faith. Paper presented at the Best Practices Roundtable Session at the annual meeting of the NC/SC Professors of Middle Level Education, Charleston, SC.

Dickerson, D.L. & Dawkins, K.R.  (2004, January). The role of evidence in the relationship between science and faith among pre-service teachers and United Methodist ministers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science in Nashville, TN.

Dickerson, D.L. & Dawkins, K.R.  (2003, January). Science and faith: Ideas of the clergy and implications for science teacher education.   Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science Conference in St. Louis, MO.

Work In Progress

I am very interested in expanding my exploration of issues regarding the relationship between science and faith in educational contexts.

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