On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms

This paper is a hermeneutic inquiry into how students and teachers experience the biology classroom and how they navigate between expectations from external factors leading to classrooms that are focused on memorizing facts and the desire to engage students deeply in the discipline of biology. From...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Sharon Pelech
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of Calgary 2019
Materias:	Philosophy (General) B1-5802
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/44e09a45d05445ceb1182fc948a3c417
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:44e09a45d05445ceb1182fc948a3c417
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:44e09a45d05445ceb1182fc948a3c4172021-11-25T21:23:54ZOn Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms10.11575/jah.v0i0.686881927-4416https://doaj.org/article/44e09a45d05445ceb1182fc948a3c4172019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/68688https://doaj.org/toc/1927-4416 This paper is a hermeneutic inquiry into how students and teachers experience the biology classroom and how they navigate between expectations from external factors leading to classrooms that are focused on memorizing facts and the desire to engage students deeply in the discipline of biology. From data collected from semi-structured interviews with teachers and students, and an open-ended questionnaire, the paper explores the experiences and assumptions about teaching biology that is prevalent in the classroom. The inability of teachers or students to be able to point to memorable experiences within the classroom leads to a discussion of students’ experience of biology as a passive transmission of facts that are often considered irrelevant and boring. The paper explores the teachers’ sense of conflict between wanting to instill a love for biology in their students and their perceived role in preparing students to memorize information for tests and prepare students for post-secondary school. Sharon PelechUniversity of CalgaryarticlePhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal of Applied Hermeneutics (2019)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Philosophy (General) B1-5802
spellingShingle	Philosophy (General) B1-5802 Sharon Pelech On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms
description	This paper is a hermeneutic inquiry into how students and teachers experience the biology classroom and how they navigate between expectations from external factors leading to classrooms that are focused on memorizing facts and the desire to engage students deeply in the discipline of biology. From data collected from semi-structured interviews with teachers and students, and an open-ended questionnaire, the paper explores the experiences and assumptions about teaching biology that is prevalent in the classroom. The inability of teachers or students to be able to point to memorable experiences within the classroom leads to a discussion of students’ experience of biology as a passive transmission of facts that are often considered irrelevant and boring. The paper explores the teachers’ sense of conflict between wanting to instill a love for biology in their students and their perceived role in preparing students to memorize information for tests and prepare students for post-secondary school.
format	article
author	Sharon Pelech
author_facet	Sharon Pelech
author_sort	Sharon Pelech
title	On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms
title_short	On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms
title_full	On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms
title_fullStr	On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms
title_full_unstemmed	On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms
title_sort	on butterflies and silences: exploring teachers' and students' experiences in high school biology classrooms
publisher	University of Calgary
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/44e09a45d05445ceb1182fc948a3c417
work_keys_str_mv	AT sharonpelech onbutterfliesandsilencesexploringteachersandstudentsexperiencesinhighschoolbiologyclassrooms
_version_	1718410025423077376

On Butterflies and Silences: Exploring Teachers' and Students' Experiences in High School Biology Classrooms

Ejemplares similares