Teaching and Learning about Respiratory Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review of Interventions in K-12 Education

Autor/inn/en	Kafai, Yasmin B.; Xin, Yue; Fields, Deborah; Tofel-Grehl, Colby
Titel	Teaching and Learning about Respiratory Infectious Diseases: A Scoping Review of Interventions in K-12 Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 59 (2022) 7, S.1274-1300 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kafai, Yasmin B.) ORCID (Fields, Deborah) ORCID (Tofel-Grehl, Colby)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.21797
Schlagwörter	Communicable Diseases; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Health Education; Teaching Methods; Research Reports; COVID-19; Pandemics; Science Interests; Student Interests; Biology; Science Instruction; Active Learning; Public Health; Scientific Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Studieninteresse; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Aktives Lernen; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	The pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 has highlighted an urgent need for infectious disease education for K-12 students. To gather a better understanding of what educational interventions have been conducted and to what effect, we performed a scoping review. We identified and examined 23 empirical researcher- and teacher-designed studies conducted in the last 20 years that have reported on efforts to help K-12 students learn about infectious diseases, with a focus on respiratory transmission. Our review shows studies of educational interventions on this topic are rare, especially with regard to the more population-scale (vs. cellular level) concepts of epidemiology. Furthermore, efforts to educate youth about infectious disease primarily focused on secondary school students, with an emphasis on interactive learning environments to model or simulate both cellular-level and population-level attributes of infectious disease. Studies were only mildly successful in raising science interest, with somewhat stronger findings on helping students engage in scientific inquiry on the biology of infectious diseases and/or community spread. Most importantly, efforts left out critical dimensions of transmission dynamics key to understanding implications for public health. Based on our review, we articulate implications for further research and development in this important domain. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01