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Dec 2, 2019 · Following these biology-specific unification efforts, the National Research Council has also attempted to define and unite the efforts of chemistry, physics, and biology education researchers under the umbrella of “Discipline-Based Educational Research” (DBER). It is clear that the disciplinary structure of biology education, like that of other educational research disciplines, is in flux.
- Ross H. Nehm
- ross.nehm@stonybrook.edu
- 2019
May 2, 2022 · As biological science rapidly generates new knowledge and novel approaches to address increasingly complex and integrative questions, biology educators face the challenge of teaching the next generation of biologists and citizens the skills and knowledge to enable them to keep pace with a dynamic field. Fundamentally, biology is the science of living systems. Not surprisingly, systems is a ...
Oct 13, 2017 · These scholars, often called biology education researchers, are part of a growing field of inquiry called discipline-based education research (DBER). DBER investigates both fundamental and applied aspects of teaching and learning in a given discipline; our emphasis here is on several science disciplines and engineering.
- Susan R. Singer, Natalie R. Nielsen, Heidi A. Schweingruber
- 2013
Dec 1, 2019 · This critical review examines the challenges and opportunities facing the field of Biology Education Research (BER). Ongoing disciplinary fragmentation is identified as a force working in ...
Jun 27, 2022 · Clarifying these different components of educational research studies can be helpful to new biology education researchers and the biology education research community at large in situating their ...
Biology education research (BER) is a recently emerging field mainly focused on the learning and teaching of biology in postsecondary education. As BER continues to grow, exploring what goals, questions, and scholarship the field encompasses will provide an opportunity for the community to reflect on what new lines of inquiry could be pursued in the future.
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Biology education research (BER) is a new and expanding research field that supports these educational initiatives . Compared with related fields of chemistry and physics education research, BER has only recently matured into its own distinct field from the larger parental lineages of discipline-based education research (DBER) and science education research ( Dirks, 2011 ; Gul and Sozbilir ...
