Teachers in secondary school experience various challenges and difficulties when it comes to teaching students with learning disabilities. The teachers have described many experiences with these students as unmanageable ...

In recent years the research in genetic engineering and biotechnology have skyrocketed meaning there’s new tools and conditions caving the road for a scientific future. This has an important role in the education and ...

Climate change is a current, multidimensional, and complex issue included in the Swedish upper secondary school biology curriculum. Considering that this issue holds many inherent aspects beyond the scientific concepts, ...

The theory of evolution is a complex scientific theory that contains several difficult concepts which can cause difficulties for both students and teachers around the world. In this literature analysis we aim to answer ...

In the Western world the interest in science in schools is steadily declining. Focusing on interest is important to encourage students to lifelong learning which is a written purpose of the Swedish curriculum. This ...

Biology is one of the science subjects taught in Swedish schools, along with physics and chemistry. A significant part of biology education focuses on being able to communicate concepts and use them in new contexts. At the ...

Students and teachers agree that education on sexuality and relationships is important. However, there is a gap between what students want to learn about these topics and the content currently covered in the curriculum. ...

The purpose of this literature review was to investigate how informal learning environments contribute to students' interests in science and biology. The literature review also aimed to investigate how informal learning ...

The aim of this literature review is to investigate if it is possible to improve students’ knowledge of plants through outdoor education in high school biology. If so, how should such education be implemented? Through ...

There is a drastic human-induced change in the Earth's climate, which is having, and will continue to have, significant consequences for nature and human society. The Swedish upper secondary school's biology education ...