A Concept Map of Evolutionary Biology to Promote Meaningful Learning in Biology-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Concept Map of Evolutionary Biology to Promote Meaningful Learning in Biology

Published:2019-02-01 Issue:2 Volume:81 Page:79-87
ISSN:0002-7685
Container-title:The American Biology Teacher
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Author:

Apodaca María José¹,McInerney Joseph D.²,Sala Osvaldo E.³,Katinas Liliana⁴,Crisci Jorge V.⁵

Affiliation:

1. MARÍA JOSÉ APODACA is a researcher with a focus on biogeography and evolution, División Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n. 1900, La Plata, Argentina; email: apodaca@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.

2. JOSEPH D. MCINERNEY is a past president of the National Association of Biology Teachers, a former director of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, and former Executive Vice President the American Society of Human Genetics, Lutherville, Maryland 21093; email: mcinerney.joseph1@gmail.com.

3. OSVALDO E. SALA is Julie A. Wrigley Professor the School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Director Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, his research focus on ecology and biodiversity; email: osvaldo.sala@asu.edu.

4. LILIANA KATINAS is a professor of biogeography and plant morphology and researcher at División Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n. 1900, La Plata, Argentina; email: katinas@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.

5. JORGE V. CRISCI is an emeritus professor and a researcher on biogeography and evolution, División Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n. 1900, La Plata, Argentina; email: crisci@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.

Abstract

Is it possible to teach biology without mentioning evolution? The answer is yes, but it is not possible for students to understand biology without the evolutionary context on which the meaning and intellectual value of biological concepts depend. Meaningful learning of evolution requires (1) that the students incorporate new knowledge into a cognitive structure linked with higher-order concepts; (2) a well-organized knowledge structure; and (3) a positive emotional attachment and identification (affective commitment) to the subject by the learner. Concept maps are useful tools in meaningful learning. We present a concept map that organizes concepts of history of life and the processes that generate it, and the hierarchical relationships among them. Biological evolution is a compelling account of life on Earth and of human origins. It constitutes a unifying explanatory framework that can generate a powerful affective commitment to the subject. The concept map provided here is tied to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Education

Link

http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/81/2/79/60633/abt_2019_81_2_79.pdf

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