Indonesia is a religious country that values local wisdom and customs. Although the characteristics of the Indonesian people may provide novel insight into and distinguished views on the theory of evolution by natural selection, few studies have explored how Indonesians view the theory of biological evolution. Thus, this study aimed to examine the views on evolution of undergraduate students and their professors majoring in biology education. A multiple-case approach was used as the method of this study. Three pre-service biology teachers and three biology education professors were interviewed. The interview results revealed that the six participants embraced creationism without accepting the theory of evolution by natural selection. One intriguing result was that Indonesian professors in this sample tended to see no conflict between evolution and religion. Instead, they believed in seeking harmonization by compartmentalizing evolution and religion. The participants connected their views to the current state of the science curriculum that embraced the idea of harmonization between science and religion. In addition, four categories were found in terms of how the participants approached evolution acceptance and its relation to religion. How the participants negotiated the dilemma between evolution and personal or cultural values is discussed, and suggestions for teaching and learning evolution are presented.

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印尼职前生物教师和生物教育教授对进化的看法

印度尼西亚是一个重视当地智慧和习俗的宗教国家。尽管印度尼西亚人的特征可能为自然选择进化论提供了新的见解和独特的观点，但很少有研究探讨印度尼西亚人如何看待生物进化论。因此，本研究旨在考察生物教育专业本科生及其教授对进化的看法。本研究采用多案例方法。采访了三位职前生物教师和三位生物教育教授。采访结果显示，六名参与者接受了神创论，而不接受自然选择进化论。一个有趣的结果是，该样本中的印度尼西亚教授往往认为进化与宗教之间没有冲突。相反，他们相信通过区分进化和宗教来寻求和谐。参与者将他们的观点与包含科学与宗教协调理念的科学课程的现状联系起来。此外，在参与者如何接近进化接受及其与宗教的关系方面，发现了四个类别。讨论了参与者如何解决进化与个人或文化价值观之间的困境，并提出了教学和学习进化的建议。参与者将他们的观点与包含科学与宗教协调理念的科学课程的现状联系起来。此外，在参与者如何接近进化接受及其与宗教的关系方面，发现了四个类别。讨论了参与者如何解决进化与个人或文化价值观之间的困境，并提出了教学和学习进化的建议。参与者将他们的观点与包含科学与宗教协调理念的科学课程的现状联系起来。此外，在参与者如何接近进化接受及其与宗教的关系方面，发现了四个类别。讨论了参与者如何解决进化与个人或文化价值观之间的困境，并提出了教学和学习进化的建议。