Teaching biology in schools : global research, issues, and trends / edited by Kostas Kampourakis and Michael J. Reiss

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : biology didactics / Michael J. Reiss and Kostas Kampourakis -- Cognitive biases or cognitive bridges? intuitive reasoning in biology / Evelyn Margaret Evans and Karl S. Rosengren -- Biology and young children / Marida Ergazaki -- Molecular biology / Ravit Golan Duncanand Dirk Jan Boerwinkel -- Cell bilogy / William F. McComas -- Human biology /Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf and Zohar Snapir -- Health and disease / Jenny Byrne and Marcus Grace -- Reproduction and sex education / Michael J. Reiss -- Development / Kostas Kampourakis and Panagiotis K. Stasinakis -- Genetics / Niklas Gericke and Charbel N. El-Hani -- Plant biology / Dawn L. Sanders and Dan Jenkins -- Energy, photosynthesis, and respiration / Ute Harms and Uwe Bertsch -- Ecology / Konstantinos Korfiatis -- Evolution / Ross H. Nehm -- Microbiology / Katherine Carson, Vaille Dawson and Grady Venville -- Biotechnology / Marcus Hammann -- Using authentic texts to promote disciplinary literacy in biology / Moriah Ariely and Anat Yarden -- Nature of scientific knowledge and scientific inquiry in biology teaching / Norman G. Lederman -- Explanation in biology education / Kostas Kampourakis and Kai Niebert -- Argumentation in biology education / Maria Pilar Jiménez-Aleixandre and Maria Evagorou -- Worldviews in biology education / Michael J. Reiss -- Concluding remarks / Kostas Kampourakis and Michael J. Reiss