Phylogenetic Trees and Other Evolutionary Diagrams in BiologyTextbooks and Their Importance in Secondary Science Education

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/18047106.1923" target="_blank" >10.14712/18047106.1923</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Phylogenetic Trees and Other Evolutionary Diagrams in BiologyTextbooks and Their Importance in Secondary Science Education

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Diagramsdescribingrelationshipbetweenorganisms,andtheiroverallevolution,com-monly in the form of phylogenetic trees or other evolutionary diagrams, havebecomea part of even lower secondary biology textbooks. These diagrams can help promotebasic science literacy, yettheir designmayalso strengthenmisconceptions aboutevo-lution. Therefore, based on the content analysis of 112 Czech biology textbooks forsecondary schools (ISCED levels 2 and 3), characteristics of introduced phylogenetictrees and other evolutionary diagrams were recorded and evaluated according to thecladistics to see if their construction supports the current scientific understanding ofevolution.Thecontentanalysisindicatesthatthedesign ofnearlyhalfofalldiagramsin currentlower (ISCED2) anduppersecondary (ISCED3) textbooks promotes lad-der thinking. More than 80% of all diagrams were not accompanied by instructionson how to read them, meaning that students did not have sufficient scaffolding tounderstand them. Mainly ISCED 3 textbooks did not introduce additional problemtasksthatwouldsupporttheuseofthediagrams inthelessons. Therefore, authorsoftextbooks should focus more on theconstruction qualityof these diagrams while alsosupporting their correct application during the educational process. This is likely toprevent a further increase in student misconceptions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Phylogenetic Trees and Other Evolutionary Diagrams in BiologyTextbooks and Their Importance in Secondary Science Education

Popis výsledku anglicky

Diagramsdescribingrelationshipbetweenorganisms,andtheiroverallevolution,com-monly in the form of phylogenetic trees or other evolutionary diagrams, havebecomea part of even lower secondary biology textbooks. These diagrams can help promotebasic science literacy, yettheir designmayalso strengthenmisconceptions aboutevo-lution. Therefore, based on the content analysis of 112 Czech biology textbooks forsecondary schools (ISCED levels 2 and 3), characteristics of introduced phylogenetictrees and other evolutionary diagrams were recorded and evaluated according to thecladistics to see if their construction supports the current scientific understanding ofevolution.Thecontentanalysisindicatesthatthedesign ofnearlyhalfofalldiagramsin currentlower (ISCED2) anduppersecondary (ISCED3) textbooks promotes lad-der thinking. More than 80% of all diagrams were not accompanied by instructionson how to read them, meaning that students did not have sufficient scaffolding tounderstand them. Mainly ISCED 3 textbooks did not introduce additional problemtasksthatwouldsupporttheuseofthediagrams inthelessons. Therefore, authorsoftextbooks should focus more on theconstruction qualityof these diagrams while alsosupporting their correct application during the educational process. This is likely toprevent a further increase in student misconceptions.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Scientia in educatione

ISSN

1804-7106

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

16-36

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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