Teaching Genetics in Secondary Classrooms : a Linguistic Analysis of Teachers' Talk About Proteins

• Published in: Research in science education (Australasian Science Education Research Association) Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 81 - 108
• Main Authors: Thörne, Karin, Gericke, Niklas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2014; Springer
• Subjects: Biologi; biologididaktik; Biology; Case Studies; Classroom Communication; compulsory school; Concept formation; Cytology; Discourse Analysis; Education; Foreign Countries; Genetics; genetikundervisning; Grade 9; grundskolan; micro-macro; mikro-makro; proteiner; Proteins; Science Education; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Science teaching; Scientific concepts; Secondary education; Secondary school science; Secondary School Students; Sweden; systemic functional linguistics; systemisk funktionell lingvistik; Teacher behaviour; teaching genetics; Teaching Methods; Verbal Communication; Year 9; Sweden; Proteins; Classroom study; Genetics education; Secondary school; Teachers language
• ISSN: 0157-244X; 1573-1898; 1573-1898
• DOI: 10.1007/s11165-013-9375-9

This study investigates Swedish biology teachers' inclusion of proteins when teaching genetics in grade nine (students 15-16 years old). For some years, there has been a call to give attention to proteins when teaching genetics as a means of linking the concepts 'gene' and 'trait...