"Modern teaching approach and creative teaching of Genetics and Biology in Secondary Education"

Abstract

One of the most important topics in schools is creative and critical thinking and therefore they are included in the objectives of the curricula. Pupils havseveral difficulties in understanding the concepts of genetics and biology in general. New technologies can be used to enhance the understanding of concepts and thus promote the acquisition of high-level thinking skills. The constructivist teaching approach asks the student to create their own knowledge, respecting their own interests and aptitudes. Learning science requires significant conceptual changes and is therefore quite a challenging task for students. In this paper, some different practices are proposed for teaching biology in secondary education, but also some different practices of some topics, mainly in the field of genetics.

One of them is the use of some strange or different phenotypes such as spina bifida, acromegaly, Ambras syndrome, ectrodactyly, epidermoplasia, sirenomelia, Hutchinson-Gilford,syndrome, Proteus syndrome and osteogenesis imperfecta. Another teaching suggestion is the use of science-related films. The purpose is to critically evaluate and comment on the wrong and right scientific information that can be obtained from watching a science scenario. The films Mimic, The Fly, GATTAGA, The Human Nature are selectively mentioned. Finally, although many people oppose the use of the Harry Potter books and films in the educational process, there are many examples of the use of this subject matter to create original teaching using several elements of this fictional world. Finally, teachers will be able to effectively identify studentsmisconceptions coming from the media.

Movies, television and other media can be an immediate and exciting means to better understand the world.

TATSI Ekaterini