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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
Alanazi, Fayadh Hamed – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study examined Saudi secondary students' and science teachers' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, biotechnology. A mixed methodology approach (i.e., incorporating semi-structured interviews and questionnaires) was utilised. A questionnaire was provided to 138 Saudi students (44 grade 10 students, 45 grade 11 students, and 49 grade 12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Céline Byukusenge; Florien Nsanganwimana; Albert Paulo Tarmo – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Literature affirms that teachers' difficulties in mastering the subject content and its teaching can be responsible for students' negative attitudes towards that subject. The present study sought to explore biology topics in the revised Rwandan curriculum which teachers have difficulties in teaching, the reasons for their difficulties, and ways to…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Design, Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries
Krell, Moritz; Schmidt, Jonas – Journal of Biological Education, 2022
Using living organisms in biology education is a common practice that provides students with direct contact with living beings in the classroom. Several benefits and barriers of using organisms in classrooms have been proposed in the literature. Hence, biology teachers should carefully consider the pros and cons of using living organisms, and…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Educational Objectives
Gilissen, Melde G. R.; Knippels, Marie-Christine P. J.; Verhoeff, Roald P.; van Joolingen, Wouter R. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
Systems thinking, the ability to reason about systems in abstract terms, fosters students' coherent understanding of biology. This study aimed to determine to what extent the integration of systems thinking in Dutch biology education is in line with perspectives from systems theories and experts. We related the perspective on systems thinking of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Kervinen, Anttoni; Uitto, Anna; Juuti, Kalle – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
Fieldwork is an important part of biology as well as science and biology education. However, teachers perceive several reasons for the limited use of fieldwork in schools. Further, outdoor education is often organised as a single fieldtrip guided by outdoor educators, and little research has been done on fieldwork as a regular part of formal…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Glackin, Melissa; Harrison, Christine – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
Teachers conceptualise inquiry learning in science learning differently. This is particularly evident when teachers are introduced to inquiry pedagogy within a new context. This exploratory study draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with eight pre-service secondary biology teachers following a day visit with university tutors to the Royal…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Semi Structured Interviews, Preservice Teachers
Eley, Charlotte Victoria; Young, Vicki Louise; Hoekstra, Beverley Ann; McNulty, Cliodna Ann Miriam – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
Introduction: e-Bug is an international educational resource for young people covering microbes, hygiene and antibiotics. e-Bug supports NICE guidance on changing public behaviour around antibiotic use. This study aimed to determine educators' views of the e-Bug teacher resources to inform further development and dissemination of e-Bug. Methods:…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Lesson Plans
Scheuch, Martin; Panhuber, Tanja; Winter, Silvia; Kelemen-Finan, Julia; Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred; Kapelari, Suzanne – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
Citizen science is a rapidly growing emerging field in science and it is gaining importance in education. Therefore, this study was conducted to document the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of biology teachers who participated in a citizen science project involving observation of wild bees and identification of butterflies. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Observation
Nichols, Kim – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
A variety of practices and specialised representational systems are required to understand, communicate and construct molecular genetics knowledge. This study describes teachers' use of multimodal representations of molecular genetics concepts and how their strategies and choice of resources were interpreted, understood and used by students to…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pretests Posttests, Vignettes
Cofré, Hernán; Jiménez, Juan; Santibáñez, David; Vergara, Claudia – Journal of Biological Education, 2016
Despite the importance of the theory of evolution to scientific knowledge, a number of misconceptions continue to be found among teachers and undergraduate students. The aim of the present study was to describe and characterise knowledge about evolution among 120 freshman undergraduate students of two natural sciences programmes (environmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Elementary School Teachers