TY - JOUR
T1 - Elementary and middle level biology topics
T2 - a content analysis of Science and Children and Science Scope from 1990 to 2014
AU - Patrick, Patricia
AU - Matteson, Shirley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Royal Society of Biology.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - Science and Children and Science Scope are peer-reviewed science practitioner journals that publish articles for science educators who teach children of ages 5–10 years and 10–13 years, respectively. As such, these articles are a reflection of the science concepts that are being communicated to science educators. This comprehensive literature review was completed to determine the extent to which the articles included in these journals from 1990 to 2014 focused on biology topics, incorporated other non-science subjects and science disciplines, and encouraged inquiry-based learning. The results indicate that out of the 2701 total articles, 557 (21%) focused on biology. The biology topic covered most often by both journals was animals. The biology topics covered least often were fungi, photosynthesis, respiration and viruses. The findings are taken into consideration and the educational implications for the journals and educators are discussed.
AB - Science and Children and Science Scope are peer-reviewed science practitioner journals that publish articles for science educators who teach children of ages 5–10 years and 10–13 years, respectively. As such, these articles are a reflection of the science concepts that are being communicated to science educators. This comprehensive literature review was completed to determine the extent to which the articles included in these journals from 1990 to 2014 focused on biology topics, incorporated other non-science subjects and science disciplines, and encouraged inquiry-based learning. The results indicate that out of the 2701 total articles, 557 (21%) focused on biology. The biology topic covered most often by both journals was animals. The biology topics covered least often were fungi, photosynthesis, respiration and viruses. The findings are taken into consideration and the educational implications for the journals and educators are discussed.
KW - Biology education
KW - Science Scope
KW - Science and Children
KW - biology concepts
KW - elementary education
KW - interdisciplinary
KW - middle level education
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U2 - 10.1080/00219266.2017.1293556
DO - 10.1080/00219266.2017.1293556
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014551439
SN - 0021-9266
VL - 52
SP - 174
EP - 183
JO - Journal of Biological Education
JF - Journal of Biological Education
IS - 2
ER -