Shaping the Future of Biological Education Research

Part I: Teaching Strategies and Learning Environments : Chapter 1. Using Physical and Virtual Labs for Experimentation in STEM+ Education: From Theory and Research to Practice(Yvoni Pavlou and Zacharias C. Zacharia).- Chapter2. Problematisation, Narrative and Fiction in The Science Classroom(Catherine Bruguière and Denise Orange Ravachol).- Chapter 3. Using External Representations to Support Mathematical Modelling Competence in Biology Education(Benjamin Stöger and Claudia Nerdel).- Chapter 4. The Effect of Adult Intervention in The Development of Science Process Skills)(María Napal Fraile, Lara Vázquez Bienzobas, Isabel Zudaire and Irantzu Uriz Doray).- Chapter 5. Facilitating the Practice of 4 C Skills in Biology Education through Educational Escape Rooms (Georgios Villias and Mark Winterbottom).- Chapter 6. Museum Guides' Views on the Integration of Nature of Science While Addressing Visitors' Experiences:The Context of Ecological and Evolutionary Issues(Anna Pshenichny-Mamo and Dina Tsybulsky).- Chapter 7. Friends or Foes? Microorganisms in Greek School Textbooks(Georgios Ampatzidis and Anastasia Armeni).- Part II: Students' Knowledge, Conceptions, Values, Attitudes and Motivation. Chapter 8. Investigative School Research Projects in Biology: Effects on Students(Wilton G. Lodge, Michael J Reiss and Richard Sheldrake).- Chapter9. Investigating Relationships Between Epistemological Beliefs and Personal Beliefs in Biological Evolution(Andreani Baytelman, Theonitsa Loizou and Salomi Hadjiconstantinou).- Chapter 10. Plant Blindness Intensity Throughout the School and University Years: A Cross-Age Study(Alexandros Amprazis and Penelope Papadopoulou).- Chapter 11. Where Do Plants Get Their Mass From? Using Drawings to Assess Adolescent Students' Modelling Skills and Their Ideas About Plant Growth.(Eliza Rybska, Joanna Wojtkowiak, Zofia Chylenska, Costas Constantinou and Pantelitsa Karnaou).- Chapter 12. Diagnosing of Valuing and Decision-Making Competencies in Biology Lessons (Malte Ternieten and Doris Elster).- Chapter 13. Factors Influencing the Intention of Students in Regard to Stem Cell Donation for Leukemia Patients - A Comparison of Non-Intenders and Intenders (Julia Holzer & Doris Elster).- Chapter 14. Mapping Adolescents' Nutritional Knowledge(Martha Georgiou and Matina Moshogianni).- Part III: Outdoor and Environmental Education. Chapter 15. 1Implementing Climate Change Education: The Role of Inter-Sectorial Collaborations(Nofar Naugauker, Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf, Daphne Goldman and Efrat Eilam).- Chapter 16. From Curriculum to Enacted Teaching of Photosynthesis: The Carbon Cycle and Sustainability in an Upper Primary School Class( Lina Varg).- Chapter 17. Primary Students' Visions Regarding Environmental Factors Influencing Biodiversity in Specific Environments(Chadia Rammou, Arnau Amat, Isabel Jiménez Bargalló and Jordi Martí).- Chapter 18. Learning Biology in the Early Years through Nature Play in The Forest: An Exploratory Study from Slovenia(Marjanca Kos, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe, Luka Praprotnik and Gregor Torkar).- Chapter 19. Personal Relevance in Secondary School Students' Nature Experiences (Marcus Hammann).- Chapter 20. Challenges Emerged During an Action Research Approach Applied in a Schoolgarden Project: Reflections and Revisions(Anthi Christodoulou and Konstantinos Korfiatis).- Pa rt IV: Biology teachers' professional development. Chapter 21. Assessing the quality of mentoring: Evidence-Based Development of a training programme for biology teachers for scientific issues (Emanuel Nestler, Carolin Retzlaff-Fürst and Jorge Groß).- Chapter 22. Exploring a Theory-Practice-Gap: An Investigation of Pre-Service Biology Teachers' Enacted TPACK(Alexander Aumann and Holger Weitzel).- Chapter 23. Promoting Digitally Supported Inquiry Learning in Diverse Classrooms through Teacher Training(Patrizia Weidenhiller, Susanne Miesera and Claudia Nerdel).- Chapter 24. Implementation Processes: Sustainable Integration of Biotechnology Experiments into Schools(Sara Großbruchhaus, Patricia Schöppner and Claudia Nerdel).