Current research in biology education : selected papers from the ERIDOB Community / Konstantinos Korfiatis, Marcus Grace, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korfiatis, Konstantinos.

Grace, Marcus.

Series:

Contributions from biology education research.

Contributions from biology education research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Study and teaching.

Biology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This book is a collection of full papers based on the peer-reviewed submissions accepted for the ERIDOB 2020 conference (which was cancelled due to COVID-19). ERIDOB brings together researchers in Biology Education from around the world to share and discuss their research work and results. It is the only major international conference on biology education research, and all the papers therefore are written by international researchers from across Europe (and beyond), which present the findings from a range of contemporary biology education research projects. They are all entirely new papers describing new research in the field. The papers are peer-reviewed by experienced international researchers selected by the ERIDOB Academic Committee. The papers reflect the ERIDOB conference strands by covering topics on: Socioscientific issues, Nature of Science and scientific thinking Teaching and learning in biology Perceptions of biology and biology education Textbook analysis Outdoor and environmental education By providing a collection of new research findings from many countries, this book is a great resource for researchers and practitioners such as school, college and university biology teachers' around the world. It is useful for training biology teachers and therefore valuable to teacher training institutions.

Contents:

Intro

European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB)

Preface and Introduction

Contents

Contributors

Part I: Socioscientific Issues, Nature of Science and Scientific Thinking

Chapter 1: The Relevancy of Science Education to Public Engagement with Science

1.1 Problematizing Science Literacy

1.2 Public Engagement with Science: How Do People Use Science Knowledge in Real Life Situations?

1.3 The Relevancy of Research in Public Engagement with Science to Science Education

1.4 Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter 2: Engaging in Argumentation as Critical Evaluation of the Anti-vaccination Movement

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Argumentation and Critical Thinking About Health Controversies

2.3 Methodology

2.3.1 Study Context and Instructional Design

2.3.2 Data Collection, Analysis and Coding

2.4 Results

2.4.1 Claims and Positions Regarding the Anti-vaccination Movement

2.4.2 Justifications Presented by Students to Support Arguments Against or in Favour of Vaccination

2.5 Discussion and Conclusions

Chapter 3: Theory of Planned Behavior in the Context of Stem Cell Donation

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Theoretical Frame

3.3 Research Questions and Method

3.3.1 Methodology

3.3.2 Teaching Unit "Wake Up"

3.4 Findings

3.5 Discussion

3.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 4: Prior Knowledge, Epistemic Beliefs and Socio-scientific Topic Context as Predictors of the Diversity of Arguments on Socio-scientific Issues

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Socio-scientific Issues and Argument Skills

4.1.2 Prior-Knowledge and Argument Skills Relating to Socio-scientific Issues

4.1.3 Epistemic Beliefs and Argument Skills Related to Socio-scientific Issues

4.1.4 Socio-scientific Topic Context and Argument Skills

4.2 Research Design and Method

4.2.1 Participants

4.2.2 Data Collection

4.2.3 Procedure

4.3 Results

4.4 Discussion and Conclusions

Chapter 5: Toward a Questionnaire to Assess Biology Student Teachers' Knowledge of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI)

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Method

5.2.1 Participants

5.2.2 Questionnaire Design

5.2.3 Data Analysis

5.3 Results

5.3.1 Item Analysis

5.3.2 Biology Student Teachers' NOSI Competences

5.3.3 Factor Extraction Results

5.4 Discussion

5.4.1 NOSI Misconceptions and Test Intelligence

5.4.2 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)

5.4.3 Limitations

Chapter 6: Introducing Primary School Students to Aspects of the Nature of Scientific Knowledge

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Methods

6.2.1 Overview of the Study

6.2.2 Participants

6.2.3 Learning Environment

6.2.4 Interview Protocol

6.2.5 Data Analysis

6.3 Findings

6.4 Discussion

Part IΙ: Teaching and Learning in Biology

Notes:

Chapter 7: Digital Narratives for Biology Learning.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 31, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Korfiatis, Konstantinos Current Research in Biology Education

ISBN:

9783030894801

3030894800

OCLC:

1306055678

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