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Trew, Alison J.; Early, Craig; Ellis, Rebecca; Nash, Julia; Pemberton, Katharine; Tyler, Paul; Skerry, Caroline; Bird, Lucy; Shallcross, Naomi K. R.; Harrison, Timothy G.; Shallcross, Dudley E. – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Topics associated with the biological sciences form a significant fraction of the curriculum in science at primary school level in the U.K. In this methodology paper we demonstrate how a wide range of research articles associated with the biological sciences can be disseminated to a primary school audience and how children can carry out…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Biological Sciences, Elementary School Students, Inquiry
Robles-Piñeros, Jairo; Tateo, Luca – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The article presents the results of an exploratory-qualitative study about children´s conceptions of ecology in relation to media messages. The objective of the study has been to identify the role of ecologism and environmental campaigns on ecology conceptions of 105 6th grade children, age 10-12, from an educational institution in Bogota,…
Descriptors: Ecology, Scientific Concepts, Biology, Science Education
Kamarainen, Amy; Grotzer, Tina; Thompson, Meredith; Sabey, David; Haag, Brooke – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Education reform calls for portraying science as a process of inquiry and argumentation grounded in the epistemic traditions of a domain. While experimentation is a core scientific investigation strategy, diverse approaches are represented across different domains of science. Ecosystem scientists use experiments as a core part of their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Science Education, Science Experiments, Elementary School Teachers
Sheldrake, Richard; Reiss, Michael J. – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Biology education aims to inspire interest, curiosity, and understanding about the natural world, foster children's interests and orientations towards supporting and protecting nature, and support children towards biology-related careers (including those involving nature and animals). However, it remains less clear how these views might associate…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Natural Resources, Biology
Ayotte-Beaudet, Jean-Philippe; Chastenay, Pierre; Beaudry, Marie-Claude; L'Heureux, Kassandra; Giamellaro, Michael; Smith, Jonathan; Desjarlais, Estelle; Paquette, Alain – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The present study explored the impacts of a contextualised outdoor science curriculum on "what" and "how" elementary students learn when immersed in the local contexts in which natural phenomena occur. We conducted 63 individual interviews with fifth- and sixth-graders (between 10 and 12 years old) living in the inner city of…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Science Education, Elementary School Students, Ecology
García Fernández, Beatriz; Ruiz-Gallardo, José-Reyes – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study compares anatomy diagram production skills as a part of Visual Literacy competence in Biology Education in schoolchildren (n = 254) and pre-service teachers (n = 282). Both groups produced cross-sectional anatomy diagrams from knowledge acquired using frontal views and answered a questionnaire on their difficulties with the exercise.…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Visual Literacy, Biology, Anatomy
Jiménez, Isabel; Amat, Arnau; Codony, Lídia – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study examines the development of the concept of the ecological niche among 10-11-year-old students and their ability to use this concept to give their opinions on the socially relevant and controversial possibility that wolf populations might be established in the mountains surrounding the school. A total of 21 elementary school students…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Science Instruction, Wildlife
Wennersten, Lena; Wanselin, Hanna; Wikman, Susanne; Lindahl, Mats – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
UNESCO has identified education for sustainable development (ESD) as a key factor in the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Education is important in developing awareness of how to preserve natural ecosystems and promote the uptake of renewable energy sources. Ecology education in primary school aims to give students a scientific…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Science Instruction, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
Zhao, Caifeng; Zhang, Shan; Cui, Huanhuan; Hu, Wenjie; Dai, Guo – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Probing children's understanding of science concepts has been a focus of research in science education since the 1980s. In the process of learning, learners often produce many conceptions that differ from established scientific knowledge, which are commonly labelled as alternative conceptions (ACs). Knowing these ACs, their prevalence, nature,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Human Body, Metabolism, Multiple Choice Tests
de Moura Silva, Gabriel; Lahr, Daniel J. G.; Silva, Rosana Louro Ferreira – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
In this article, we present how educational resources for zoology designed by undergraduate students help to propose means of action for teaching diversity and animal evolution in basic education. We realised that activities of creation and analysis of educational resources, in the context of didactic planning, have the potential to approximate…
Descriptors: Zoology, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Evolution
Coban, Merve; Costu, Bayram – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study aims to integrate biomimicry into science education by proposing a teaching approach for primary school students. An action research approach was used. The developed 'Biomimicry Teaching Approach' was applied in a 5th grade classroom in a public school in Turkey where one of the authors is a teacher. According to this approach, the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Biology, Elementary School Students
Nesimyan -- Agadi, Dina; Ben Zvi Assaraf, Orit – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The theory of evolution can be a useful basis for developing students' understanding of ecology. Our study used concept maps to examine the development of sixth-grade students' understanding of the Antarctic ecosystem following several evolution 'Science Days' conducted at 'Nature Campus' -- an informal learning environment comprised of a natural…
Descriptors: Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Grade 6
Leonardo Augusto Luvison Araújo; Renata Aparecida Dos Santos Alitto – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate Brazilian school teacher attitudes and approaches to biodiversity education. We aim to specifically compare the amount of native biodiversity topics as measured by teachers' reports of their teaching emphasis. The study involved 147 teachers from all geographic regions of the country, who…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Biodiversity, Foreign Countries
José Domingo Villarroel; Maria Merino; Alvaro Antón – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Previous research indicates that young children, as young as preschoolers, spontaneously draw dihedral and cyclic symmetries in their representations of the natural world. This is an intriguing find because at this age children have barely had their first contact with formal geometry and, therefore, one would not expect to find a use of symmetries…
Descriptors: Young Children, Childrens Art, Geometric Concepts, Skill Development
Bahar Candas; Muammer Çalik – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study aimed to facilitate grade 8 students' conceptual understanding of 'sustainable development (SD)' via Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM)-oriented instruction. Through a pre-experimental research approach, the study was conducted with 31 grade 8 students drawn from a secondary school in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. A word…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Concept Formation, Sustainable Development, Secondary School Students