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Evolution Korea<br><br>The economic crisis that hit Asia required a major review of the old system of government-business alliances and the management by the public of private risks. In Korea, this meant a shift in the development paradigm.<br><br>In a controversial move, the South Korean government has requested textbook publishers to ignore requests for the removal of examples of evolution in high school science textbooks. This includes evidence for evolution of horses and of the avian an ancestor Archaeopteryx.<br><br>1. Evolution and Religion<br><br>A creationist group in South Korea has successfully convinced textbook publishers to omit evidence of evolution in high school science textbooks. The Society for Textbook Revise, an independent offshoot from the Korea Association for Creation Research which aims to rid biology textbooks of "atheist materialism," was behind the decision. The STR claims such materialism portrays an image of negativity for students, making them abandon their faith.<br><br>Scientists from all over the world expressed concern when the STR campaign was featured in the news. In a letter to the editor of Nature the evolutionary biologist Jae Choe of Ewha Womans University in Seoul complained that South Korea had given in to religious prejudice. His colleagues backed him from around the country who gathered into a group called Evolution Korea to organize an anti-textbook petition.<br><br>Researchers are concerned that the STR campaign will be spread to other regions of the world where creationism is on the rise. The letter to Nature warned that the anti-evolutionist movement will intensify pressure for revisions to textbooks in other countries, particularly those with strong Christian and Muslim populations.<br><br>South Korea's cultural background is particularly strong in the evolution debate. 26 percent of South Koreans are members of a religious group with the majority of them practicing Christianity or Buddhism. Many Koreans also adhere to Ch'ondogyo, an ideology based on Confucian principles that emphasizes harmony in the social, personal self-cultivation and self-respect. Ch'ondogyo is a belief system that teaches that humans are one with Hanulnim the God of the Sun, and that the heavenly blessings are possible through the good deeds of a person.<br><br>All of this has provided fertile ground for the spread of creationism. 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To overcome this limitation I employ a longitudinal data set that allows me to account for year and state fixed effects as well as individual-level variations in teacher beliefs regarding evolution.<br><br>Teachers who are more comfortable in teaching evolution report fewer internal barriers. This is in line with the hypothesis that more experienced faculty are less likely to avoid evolution-related topics in the classroom, and could be more inclined to employ strategies like a reconciliatory method which is used to increase undergraduate students' acceptance of evolution.
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