Biology Teachers' Views towards Using Living Organisms in Biology Education

Autor/inn/en	Krell, Moritz; Schmidt, Jonas
Titel	Biology Teachers' Views towards Using Living Organisms in Biology Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 56 (2022) 3, S.353-364 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Krell, Moritz)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
DOI	10.1080/00219266.2020.1812694
Schlagwörter	Biology; Science Teachers; Science Instruction; Educational Objectives; Teacher Attitudes; Standards; Barriers; Teaching Methods; Plants (Botany); Animals; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Teachers; Microbiology; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lehrerverhalten; Standard; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pflanze; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Ausland; Mikrobiologie; Deutschland
Abstract	Using living organisms in biology education is a common practice that provides students with direct contact with living beings in the classroom. Several benefits and barriers of using organisms in classrooms have been proposed in the literature. Hence, biology teachers should carefully consider the pros and cons of using living organisms, and decide whether the use of living organisms for the learning goal at hand is appropriate. This mainly quantitative study focused on biology teachers' views towards the following questions: (1) to what extent do biology teachers use specific kinds of organisms in their classrooms? (2) to what extent do biology teachers encounter administrative issues, which are potentially complicating the use of living organisms at their schools? (3) to what extent do biology teachers view specific benefits and barriers of using living organisms in their classrooms? A sample of 86 in-service biology teachers answered a questionnaire that was developed specifically for this study. The study provides some relevant findings for biology education. For example, plants seem to be used relatively often in classrooms, the teachers rated the benefits of working with living organisms significantly higher than the barriers, and supportive conditions at schools might enhance the use of organisms in classrooms. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01