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Calado, Florbela M.; Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef; Bogner, Franz X. – Education Sciences, 2015
Our article proposes a set of six criteria for analysing science-technology-society-environment (STSE) issues in regular textbooks as to how they are expected to contribute to students' scientific literacy. We chose genetics and gene technology as fields prolific in STSE issues. We derived our criteria (including 26 sub-criteria) from a literature…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Biology, Textbook Content, Science and Society
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Goldschmidt, Marlen; Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef; Bogner, Franz X. – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Given the rapid development of modern biotechnology, attention to socioscientific issues in educational contexts is crucially important to support students in becoming responsible citizens. The authors' research focused on the impact of discussing socioscientific issues during biology lessons under 3 different treatments (teacher guided, student…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Efficiency, Science and Society, Biology