Current Research in Biology Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Socioscientific Issues, Nature of Science and Scientific Thinking

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Relevancy of Science Education to Public Engagement with Science

      • Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

      Pages 3-17

   3. Engaging in Argumentation as Critical Evaluation of the Anti-vaccination Movement

      • Blanca Puig, Noa Ageitos

      Pages 19-29

   4. Theory of Planned Behavior in the Context of Stem Cell Donation

      • Julia Holzer, Doris Elster

      Pages 31-43

   5. Prior Knowledge, Epistemic Beliefs and Socio-scientific Topic Context as Predictors of the Diversity of Arguments on Socio-scientific Issues

      • Andreani Baytelman, Kalypso Iordanou, Costas P. Constantinou

      Pages 45-57

   6. Toward a Questionnaire to Assess Biology Student Teachers’ Knowledge of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI)

      • Corinne Charlotte Wacker, Marius Barth, Christoph Stahl, Kirsten Schlüter

      Pages 59-70

   7. Introducing Primary School Students to Aspects of the Nature of Scientific Knowledge

      • Marida Ergazaki, Aggeliki Laourdeki

      Pages 71-83

3. Teaching and Learning in Biology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Digital Narratives for Biology Learning

      • María Napal Fraile, Isabel Zudaire Ripa, Irantzu Uriz Doray, Lander Calvelhe

      Pages 87-98

   3. Digital First? Effects of Digital and Analogue Learning Tools on the Plant Knowledge Acquisition of Future Biology Teachers

      • Lars Emmerichs, Meike Mohneke, Sandra Hofhues, Kirsten Schlüter

      Pages 99-110

   4. Comparing Inquiry-Based Learning and Interactive Lectures While Teaching Physiology to Undergraduate Students

      • Yvette Samaha, Assaad Yammine

      Pages 111-125

   5. Train the Trainer in the Jigsaw Puzzle of Biology Education: Effects of Mentor Training on Teaching Quality

      • Emanuel Nestler, Carolin Retzlaff-Fürst, Jorge Groß

      Pages 127-140

   6. The Assessment of an Educational Proposal to Address the Relationship Between Genetic Information and Protein Synthesis

      • Patricia Esteve-Guirao, Isabel Banos-González, Magdalena Valverde

      Pages 141-153

   7. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Teaching Intervention in a Marine Biology Course: The Case of Greek Vocational Students

      • Athanasios Mogias, Eleftheria Peskelidou, Theodora Boubonari

      Pages 155-165

   8. Promoting Students’ Understanding of Gene-Environment Interaction in Genetics Education

      • Johannes Zang, Marcus Hammann

      Pages 167-180

   9. Students’ Conceptions as a Neglected Perspective in Trainee Teachers’ Biology Lesson Plans

      • Leroy Großmann, Dirk Krüger

      Pages 181-193

4. Perceptions of Biology and Biology Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Students’ Opinions About Interdisciplinary Lessons

      • Annkathrin Wenzel, Norbert Grotjohann

      Pages 197-208

   3. Correlation Between the Popularity and Difficulty of Secondary School Biology and Perceived Importance of Knowledge Acquired for Personal Wellbeing

      • Vida Lang, Andrej Šorgo

      Pages 209-217

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.

• Biology didactics
• Biology education
• Biology education research
• Environmental education
• Health education
• Practical work and field work
• Research methods and theoretical issues
• Scientific thinking, nature of science and argumentation
• Social, cultural, and gender issues
• Students’ conceptions and conceptual change
• Students’ interest and motivation
• Students’ values, attitudes and decision-making
• Teaching strategies and teaching environments
• Teaching and learning with educational technology

   

• Department of Education, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

  Konstantinos Korfiatis

• School of Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

  Marcus Grace

Konstantinos Korfiatis is Associate Professor of Environmental Education at the Department of Education, University of Cyprus. He is, since 2016, a member of the Academic Committee of ERIDOB (European Researchers in Didactics of Biology). His research interests expand to the areas of environmental education, ecology and sustainability education. 

Marcus Grace is Professor of Science Education and former 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 is Chair of the Academic Committee of ERIDOB (European Researchers in Didactics of Biology), and has researched and published widely on education for socio-scientific issues with colleagues around the world.

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