This book specifies the foundation for Adapted Primary Literature (APL), a novel text genre that enables the learning and teaching of science using research articles that were adapted to the knowledge level of high-school students. It provides the origins and theory of APL and examines the concept and its importance. It outlines a detailed description of creating and using APL and provides examples for the use of the enactment of APL in classes, as well as descriptions of possible future prospects for the implementation of APL.
This edited volume presents the current state of the art of genetics education and the challenges it holds for teaching as well as for learning. The book provides novel ideas for biology teachers, curriculum developers and researchers on how to confront the presented challenges in a way that may enable them to advance genetics education in the 21st century.
This edited book embraces the academic activities of the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science over the past 50 years, since the conception of the department (November 1968). The book is composed of two key parts. The first part is focused on curriculum development in the sciences and mathematics. The second part describes the implementation of these areas and its related professional development.
This volume consists of 31 original papers presented at the 8th conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB) held in July 2010 at the Research Center CIEC of the Institute of Education, University of Minho, Portugal.
This volume consists of papers presented at the 10th conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB) held in June 2014 at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel.