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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 207 |
| Journal | Education Sciences |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 5 Aug 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2019 |
Abstract
Keywords
- Biology, Levels of organisation, Review of literature, Systems thinking, Teaching, Teaching experiments
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Psychology(all)
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences(all)
- Public Administration
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In: Education Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 3, 207, 09.2019.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Organising Levels of Organisation for Biology Education: A Systematic Review of Literature
AU - Schneeweiß, Niklas
AU - Gropengießer, Harald
N1 - Funding information: Acknowledgments: We thank our colleagues of the Institute for Science Education of Leibniz Universität Hannover. The publication of this article was funded by the Open Access fund of Leibniz Universität Hannover. We thank our colleagues of the Institute for Science Education of Leibniz Universit?t Hannover. The publication of this article was funded by the Open Access fund of Leibniz Universit?t Hannover. Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Many authors suggest an explicit reflection on the levels of organisation, based on known difficulties related to understanding biological systems. Yet, there is no scientific consensus on the characteristics of biological levels and the quality of their relationships. This review intends to present the state of the current discussion in order to establish an educational argumentation as a basis for the development of learning environments and teaching experiments in biology education. For this purpose, we conducted a systematic literature review. Three databases (BIOSIS, ERIC, Fachportal-Pädagogik) were searched for literature on levels of organisation. The papers were analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis based on the following research questions: (1) Which levels of organisation do the authors name? (2) How do the authors describe the levels of organisation? (3) How do the authors describe the relationship between different levels of organisation? (4) How do the authors describe the challenges of these levels for biological education? (5) How do the authors describe the benefit of these levels for biological education? Based on the results, we propose a system of levels that features the concept of zooming-in and makes the relationships between the levels explicit.
AB - Many authors suggest an explicit reflection on the levels of organisation, based on known difficulties related to understanding biological systems. Yet, there is no scientific consensus on the characteristics of biological levels and the quality of their relationships. This review intends to present the state of the current discussion in order to establish an educational argumentation as a basis for the development of learning environments and teaching experiments in biology education. For this purpose, we conducted a systematic literature review. Three databases (BIOSIS, ERIC, Fachportal-Pädagogik) were searched for literature on levels of organisation. The papers were analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis based on the following research questions: (1) Which levels of organisation do the authors name? (2) How do the authors describe the levels of organisation? (3) How do the authors describe the relationship between different levels of organisation? (4) How do the authors describe the challenges of these levels for biological education? (5) How do the authors describe the benefit of these levels for biological education? Based on the results, we propose a system of levels that features the concept of zooming-in and makes the relationships between the levels explicit.
KW - biology
KW - systems thinking
KW - levels of organisation
KW - review of literature
KW - teaching
KW - Biology
KW - Levels of organisation
KW - Review of literature
KW - Systems thinking
KW - Teaching
KW - Teaching experiments
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U2 - 10.3390/educsci9030207
DO - 10.3390/educsci9030207
M3 - Article
VL - 9
JO - Education Sciences
JF - Education Sciences
SN - 2227-7102
IS - 3
M1 - 207
ER -