A Suggested Project-Based Evolution Unit for High School: Teaching Content through Application

Autor/in	Cook, Kristin
Titel	A Suggested Project-Based Evolution Unit for High School: Teaching Content through Application
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 71 (2009) 2, S.95-98 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Evolution; Student Projects; Active Learning; Educational Change; Teachers; Teaching Methods; High Schools; Adolescents; Science Education; Science Teachers; Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulprojekt; Aktives Lernen; Bildungsreform; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; Oberschule; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Evaluierung
Abstract	Research has indicated teachers feel they could be more effective in teaching evolution if they had more access to contemporary evolution information, time to safely reflect on the teaching of the topic with peers, and effective lesson plan ideas for teaching evolution and the obstacles that arise. Recent science educational reform efforts for adolescents have attempted to engage students in science by utilizing project-based instruction. The features of project-based learning (PBL) are consistent with the learning needs of many types of students and hold promise as an effective tool for teaching complex topics such as evolution. The development of this unit on evolution was part of a larger effort to increase the level of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement in science using a PBL approach. This article presents a project-based evolution unit which aims to help teachers improve students' understanding of evolution through a relevant, application-based approach. Developed collaboratively by a high school teacher and university researcher, this PBL unit encompasses hands-on and technology-based inquiry activities that guide students through an explorative modern-day application of evolutionary theory. (Contains 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10