Development of a series of lessons aimed at enhancing scientific competencies that reflect literacy : New high-school biotechnology lessons containing debates

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  • OHMORI Tomoko
    Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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  • 素養としての科学的能力に着目した新規授業の開発 : 高等学校生物II「バイオテクノロジー」への探究型ディベート学習の導入
  • 素養としての科学的能力に着目した新規授業の開発--高等学校生物2「バイオテクノロジー」への探求型ディベート学習の導入
  • ソヨウ ト シテ ノ カガクテキ ノウリョク ニ チャクモクシタ シンキ ジュギョウ ノ カイハツ コウトウ ガッコウ セイブツ 2 バイオテクノロジー エノ タンキュウガタ ディベート ガクシュウ ノ ドウニュウ

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The aim of this study was to develop a series of high-school lessons that increase students' awareness of scientific competencies and make them realize the benefits of utilizing these competencies, which are related to scientific literacy in OECD-PISA. The following prerequisites were adopted for designing the lessons: (1) the lessons can be conducted in conformity with the Japanese course of study, and (2) they include "debate", which has been reported to have some educational effects. Genetically modified organisms, a topic in the biotechnology unit in high-school biology, was selected as the target topic. The developed lessons comprised lectures, individual research, group work, debates, and reflection. Each component included some learning activities. All learning activities required the use of scientific competencies that reflect literacy. Concretely, the students expressed the following competencies: reading, writing, opining about scientific issues/phenomena, applying scientific knowledge and solving problems scientifically. The results of the investigations based on their responses indicated that most of the students were aware of scientific competencies and recognized the benefits of utilizing these competencies. In conclusion, the developed lessons may be effective in inculcating awareness about scientific competencies among high-school students and making them realize the benefits of utilizing these competencies.

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