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TEACHING BIOLOGY IN SCHOOLS An indispensable tool for biology teacher educators, researchers, graduate students, and practising teachers, this book presents up-to-date research, addresses common misconceptions, and discusses the pedagogical content knowledge necessary for effective teaching of key topics in biology. Chapters cover core subjects such as molecular biology, genetics, ecology, and biotechnology, and tackle broader issues that cut across topics, such as learning environments, worldviews, and the nature of scientific inquiry and explanation. Written by leading experts on their respective topics from a range of countries across the world, this international book transcends national curricula and highlights global issues, problems, and trends in biology literacy. Kostas Kampourakis is a researcher in science education and a lecturer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Michael J. 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McDonald, Fouad Abd-El-Khalick Teaching Biology in Schools Global Research, Issues, and Trends Edited by Kostas Kampourakis, Michael Reiss For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/ Teaching-and-Learning-in-Science-Series/book-series/LEATLSS TEACHING BIOLOGY IN SCHOOLS Global Research, Issues, and Trends Edited by Kostas Kampourakis and Michael J. Reiss First published 2018 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2018 Taylor & Francis The right of Kostas Kampourakis and Michael J. Reiss to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kampourakis, Kostas, editor. Title: Teaching biology in schools : global research, issues, and trends / edited by Kostas Kampourakis and Michael J. Reiss. Description: New York : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Teaching and learning in science series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018002876 | ISBN 9781138087941 (hbk) | ISBN 9781138087989 (pbk) | ISBN 9781315110158 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Biology—Study and teaching (Secondary) Classification: LCC QH315 .T36 2018 | DDC 570.71—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002876 ISBN: 978-1-138-08794-1 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138-08798-9 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-11015-8 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC To Vasso Zogza for introducing me to Biology Didactics (KK) To Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir for many years of friendship (MJR) CONTENTS List of Figures x List of T ables xii Preface xiv Acknowledgements xviii 1 Introduction: Biology Didactics 1 Michael J. Reiss and Kostas Kampourakis 2 Cognitive Biases or Cognitive Bridges? Intuitive Reasoning in Biology 9 Evelyn Margaret Evans and Karl S. Rosengren 3 Biology and Young Children 22 Marida Ergazaki 4 Molecular Biology 35 Ravit Golan Duncan and Dirk Jan Boerwinkel 5 Cell Biology 48 William F. McComas 6 Human Biology 62 Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf and Zohar Snapir viii Contents 7 Health and Disease 74 Jenny Byrne and Marcus Grace 8 Reproduction and Sex Education 87 Michael J. Reiss 9 Development 99 Kostas Kampourakis and Panagiotis K. Stasinakis 10 Genetics 111 Niklas Gericke and Charbel N. El-Hani 11 Plant Biology 124 Dawn L. Sanders and Dan Jenkins 12 Energy, Photosynthesis, and Respiration 139 Ute Harms and Uwe Bertsch 13 Ecology 153 Konstantinos Korfiatis 14 Evolution 164 Ross H. Nehm 15 Microbiology 178 Katherine Carson, Vaille Dawson and Grady Venville 16 Biotechnology 192 Marcus Hammann 17 Using Authentic Texts to Promote Disciplinary Literacy in Biology 204 Moriah Ariely and Anat Yarden 18 Nature of Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry in Biology Teaching 216 Norman G. Lederman 19 Explanation in Biology Education 236 Kostas Kampourakis and Kai Niebert Contents ix 20 Argumentation in Biology Education 249 María Pilar Jiménez-Aleixandre and Maria Evagorou 21 Worldviews in Biology Education 263 Michael J. Reiss 22 Concluding Remarks 275 Kostas Kampourakis and Michael J. Reiss List of Contributors 281 Index 290
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