Shaping the Future of Biological Education Research: Selected Papers from the ERIDOB 2022 Conference

by Konstantinos Korfiatis (Editor), Marcus Grace (Editor), Marcus Hammann (Editor)

Overview

This open access volume is a collection of full papers based on the peer-reviewed presentations accepted for the European Researchers in Didactics of Biology, ERIDOB 2022 conference. ERIDOB aims to bring together researchers in didactics of Biology from Europe and around the world to share and discuss their research work and results. It is the only major international conference whose focus lies exclusively on biology education research, and all the papers are written by international researchers from across Europe (and beyond) which report on a range of contemporary biology education research projects. They are all entirely new papers describing new research in the field. Each paper has been peer-reviewed by experienced biology education researchers and the members of the ERIDOB Academic Committee.

The selected papers are collated within the following categories of biology education:

· Teaching Strategies and Learning Environments

· Students’ Knowledge, Conceptions, Values, Attitudes and Motivation

· Outdoor and Environmental Education

· Biology Teachers’ Professional Development

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031447914
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	12/02/2023
Series:	Contributions from Biology Education Research
Edition description:	1st ed. 2024
Pages:	353
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Konstantinos Korfiatis is Professor of Environmental Education at the Department of Education, University of Cyprus. His research interests expand to the areas of environmental education, ecology and sustainability education. In particular, he explores the concepts of children participation, motivation and agency through climate change and school-garden programmes. He currently is a member of the Academic Committee of ERIDOB.

Marcus Grace is Professor of Science Education and Head of the Education School at the University of Southampton, UK. His main interests include learning and teaching about socio-scientific issues, particularly biodiversity conservation and outdoor science education. He has served as a Chair of the Academic Committee of ERIDOB, and has researched and published widely on education for socio-scientific issues with colleagues around the world.

Marcus Hammann is Professor of Biology Education atMünster University, Germany. His research interests include cognitive and affective aspects of evolution and genetics education. He is co-editor of Contributions from Biology Education Research (CBER), the Springer international book series of the European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB) and Chair of the Academic Committee of ERIDOB.

Table of Contents

Part I: Teaching Strategies and Learning Environments : Chapter 1. Using Physical and Virtual Labs for Experimentation in STEM+ Education: From Theory and Research to Practice(Yvoni Pavlou and Zacharias C. Zacharia).- Chapter2. Problematisation, Narrative and Fiction in The Science Classroom(Catherine Bruguière and Denise Orange Ravachol).- Chapter 3. Using External Representations to Support Mathematical Modelling Competence in Biology Education(Benjamin Stöger and Claudia Nerdel).- Chapter 4. The Effect of Adult Intervention in The Development of Science Process Skills)(María Napal Fraile, Lara Vázquez Bienzobas, Isabel Zudaire and Irantzu Uriz Doray).- Chapter 5. Facilitating the Practice of 4 C Skills in Biology Education through Educational Escape Rooms (Georgios Villias and Mark Winterbottom).- Chapter 6. Museum Guides’ Views on the Integration of Nature of Science While Addressing Visitors’ Experiences:The Context of Ecological and Evolutionary Issues(Anna Pshenichny-Mamo and Dina Tsybulsky).- Chapter 7. Friends or Foes? Microorganisms in Greek School Textbooks(Georgios Ampatzidis and Anastasia Armeni).- Part II: Students’ Knowledge, Conceptions, Values, Attitudes and Motivation. Chapter 8. Investigative School Research Projects in Biology: Effects on Students(Wilton G. Lodge, Michael J Reiss and Richard Sheldrake).- Chapter9. Investigating Relationships Between Epistemological Beliefs and Personal Beliefs in Biological Evolution(Andreani Baytelman, Theonitsa Loizou and Salomi Hadjiconstantinou).- Chapter 10. Plant Blindness Intensity Throughout the School and University Years: A Cross-Age Study(Alexandros Amprazis and Penelope Papadopoulou).- Chapter 11. Where Do Plants Get Their Mass From? Using Drawings to Assess Adolescent Students’ Modelling Skills and Their Ideas About Plant Growth.(Eliza Rybska, Joanna Wojtkowiak, Zofia Chyleńska, Costas Constantinou and Pantelitsa Karnaou).- Chapter 12. Diagnosing of Valuing and Decision-Making Competencies in Biology Lessons (Malte Ternieten and Doris Elster).- Chapter 13. Factors Influencing the Intention of Students in Regard to Stem Cell Donation for Leukemia Patients - A Comparison of Non-Intenders and Intenders (Julia Holzer & Doris Elster).- Chapter 14. Mapping Adolescents' Nutritional Knowledge(Martha Georgiou and Matina Moshogianni).- Part III: Outdoor and Environmental Education. Chapter 15. 1Implementing Climate Change Education: The Role of Inter-Sectorial Collaborations(Nofar Naugauker, Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf, Daphne Goldman and Efrat Eilam).- Chapter 16. From Curriculum to Enacted Teaching of Photosynthesis: The Carbon Cycle and Sustainability in an Upper Primary School Class( Lina Varg).- Chapter 17. Primary Students' Visions Regarding Environmental Factors Influencing Biodiversity in Specific Environments(Chadia Rammou, Arnau Amat, Isabel Jiménez Bargalló and Jordi Martí).- Chapter 18. Learning Biology in the Early Years through Nature Play in The Forest: An Exploratory Study from Slovenia(Marjanca Kos, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe, Luka Praprotnik and Gregor Torkar).- Chapter 19. Personal Relevance in Secondary School Students’ Nature Experiences (Marcus Hammann).- Chapter 20. Challenges Emerged During an Action Research Approach Applied in a Schoolgarden Project: Reflections and Revisions(Anthi Christodoulou and Konstantinos Korfiatis).- Part IV: Biology teachers’ professional development. Chapter 21. Assessing the quality of mentoring: Evidence-Based Development of a training programme for biology teachers for scientific issues (Emanuel Nestler, Carolin Retzlaff-Fürst and Jorge Groß).- Chapter 22. Exploring a Theory-Practice-Gap: An Investigation of Pre-Service Biology Teachers’ Enacted TPACK(Alexander Aumann and Holger Weitzel).- Chapter 23. Promoting Digitally Supported Inquiry Learning in Diverse Classrooms through Teacher Training(Patrizia Weidenhiller, Susanne Miesera and Claudia Nerdel).- Chapter 24. Implementation Processes: Sustainable Integration of Biotechnology Experiments into Schools(Sara Großbruchhaus, Patricia Schöppner and Claudia Nerdel).