The influence of evolutionary perspective on biology teaching on student's basis

In this study, the evolutionary perspective emerged from the presupposition of "without accepting and understanding the evolutionary theory nothing can be done in biology" was analyzed in terms of the reflections on biology teaching on student's basis.In the research, "Evolution Acceptance Scale", "Evolution Effectuality Scale", "Biology Attitude Scale" and "Evolution Knowledge Scale" which were developed as data collection tools were used. 222 pre-service teachers from 4 different universities in Turkey joined this research. In the analysis of the collected data, Pearson Correlation Parameter, T-Test and one-way analysis of variance were used in order to determine the relations between the variances. The presupposition that the cause of negative attitude towards evolutionary theory and refusing evolution is lack of knowledge is not true according to the findings of research. It is determined that there is no relation between evolution knowledge level and the acceptance of evolution.According to findings of this research it is determined that the assumption that evolution is not useful for learning biology is not true because there is no relation between the evolution acceptance level of pre-service teachers's and their general academic achievement in biology field and their attitudes towards biology.It is determined that there is a relation between pre-service teachers' defining themselves and their evolution acceptance level and evolution effectuality level. According to the result that there is no relation between their evolution knowledge level and their attitudes towards biology, it is determined that the assessments in evolutionary theory reflect ideologic thoughts rather than scientific ones.In the research it is determined that the evolution acceptance level of the pre-service teachers who are in the university with a lower level of evolution knowledge is higher than ones who are in a university with a higher level of evolution knowledge. Key Words: Evolutionary theory, evolutionary perspective, biology teaching, preservice teachers biology.