Ute Harms

Helpful basic knowledge for biology lessons

If you want to acquire expertise in teaching and learning biology, you need a reliable source of biology didactic knowledge. For more than 35 years, Fachdidaktik Biologie has been the standard work for all phases of teacher training in German-speaking countries. The book is now available in a completely revised edition.

In 44 chapters, recognised experts present the current state of biology didactics. The book draws on the latest international research on the individual topics and at the same time establishes a link to teaching and learning practice. Based on the contents of the book, teaching-learning situations can be planned, justified, carried out and reflected on in an empirically sound and theory-led manner. This can be fundamental and supportive for presentations, examinations and work shadowing.

The new edition of Fachdidaktik &uuml,berzeugt through:

• the combination of readability, comprehensibility and scientific orientation

• concisely formulated concepts in sub-chapters that make the core ideas of biology teaching transparent

• Tasks and scientific exercises on didactic biology topics that allow students to test their knowledge &ndash, including sample solutions available online

• the transfer of interlinked biology didactic knowledge through cross-references within and between the chapters

• Extensive supplementary online information and bibliographical references to facilitate literature work.

The subject didactics is aimed at students of biology, trainee teachers, teachers who want to deepen their knowledge of biology didactics, people in teacher training and further education as well as out-of-school learning centres for further, science-based professionalisation.