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Intro
European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB)
Preface and Introduction
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Socioscientific Issues, Nature of Science and Scientific Thinking
Chapter 1: The Relevancy of Science Education to Public Engagement with Science
1.1 Problematizing Science Literacy
1.2 Public Engagement with Science: How Do People Use Science Knowledge in Real Life Situations?
1.3 The Relevancy of Research in Public Engagement with Science to Science Education
1.4 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 2: Engaging in Argumentation as Critical Evaluation of the Anti-vaccination Movement
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Argumentation and Critical Thinking About Health Controversies
2.3 Methodology
2.3.1 Study Context and Instructional Design
2.3.2 Data Collection, Analysis and Coding
2.4 Results
2.4.1 Claims and Positions Regarding the Anti-vaccination Movement
2.4.2 Justifications Presented by Students to Support Arguments Against or in Favour of Vaccination
2.5 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Theory of Planned Behavior in the Context of Stem Cell Donation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theoretical Frame
3.3 Research Questions and Method
3.3.1 Methodology
3.3.2 Teaching Unit "Wake Up"
3.4 Findings
3.5 Discussion
3.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Prior Knowledge, Epistemic Beliefs and Socio-scientific Topic Context as Predictors of the Diversity of Arguments on Socio-scientific Issues
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Socio-scientific Issues and Argument Skills
4.1.2 Prior-Knowledge and Argument Skills Relating to Socio-scientific Issues
4.1.3 Epistemic Beliefs and Argument Skills Related to Socio-scientific Issues
4.1.4 Socio-scientific Topic Context and Argument Skills
4.2 Research Design and Method
4.2.1 Participants
4.2.2 Data Collection
4.2.3 Procedure
4.3 Results
4.4 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Toward a Questionnaire to Assess Biology Student Teachers' Knowledge of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Method
5.2.1 Participants
5.2.2 Questionnaire Design
5.2.3 Data Analysis
5.3 Results
5.3.1 Item Analysis
European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB)
Preface and Introduction
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Socioscientific Issues, Nature of Science and Scientific Thinking
Chapter 1: The Relevancy of Science Education to Public Engagement with Science
1.1 Problematizing Science Literacy
1.2 Public Engagement with Science: How Do People Use Science Knowledge in Real Life Situations?
1.3 The Relevancy of Research in Public Engagement with Science to Science Education
1.4 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 2: Engaging in Argumentation as Critical Evaluation of the Anti-vaccination Movement
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Argumentation and Critical Thinking About Health Controversies
2.3 Methodology
2.3.1 Study Context and Instructional Design
2.3.2 Data Collection, Analysis and Coding
2.4 Results
2.4.1 Claims and Positions Regarding the Anti-vaccination Movement
2.4.2 Justifications Presented by Students to Support Arguments Against or in Favour of Vaccination
2.5 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: Theory of Planned Behavior in the Context of Stem Cell Donation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theoretical Frame
3.3 Research Questions and Method
3.3.1 Methodology
3.3.2 Teaching Unit "Wake Up"
3.4 Findings
3.5 Discussion
3.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Prior Knowledge, Epistemic Beliefs and Socio-scientific Topic Context as Predictors of the Diversity of Arguments on Socio-scientific Issues
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Socio-scientific Issues and Argument Skills
4.1.2 Prior-Knowledge and Argument Skills Relating to Socio-scientific Issues
4.1.3 Epistemic Beliefs and Argument Skills Related to Socio-scientific Issues
4.1.4 Socio-scientific Topic Context and Argument Skills
4.2 Research Design and Method
4.2.1 Participants
4.2.2 Data Collection
4.2.3 Procedure
4.3 Results
4.4 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Toward a Questionnaire to Assess Biology Student Teachers' Knowledge of the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI)
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Method
5.2.1 Participants
5.2.2 Questionnaire Design
5.2.3 Data Analysis
5.3 Results
5.3.1 Item Analysis