Enseñanza de la evolución: fundamentos para el diseño de una propuesta didáctica basada en la modelización y la metacognición sobre los obstáculos epistemológicos.

Numerous research in teaching biology shows that learning the theory of biological evolution is very complex. In this paper we present the theoretical foundations of a didactic proposal based on the modeling and metacognition on the epistemological obstacles in relation to the learning of this content. This proposal aimed at students to build a model of evolution by natural selection and allopatric speciation, while reflecting on the learning strategies used in this process and on the epistemological obstacles that make this work difficult. In addition to developing the fundamentals of the didactic proposal we offer some concrete examples of activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]