Course description: Provides a introduction to recent research into student learning of the conceptual foundations of modern biology, together with pedalogical methods associated with effective instruction and its evaluation. Students will be involved in active research into conceptual and practical issues involved in biology education, methods to discover student preconceptions, and the design, teaching and evaluation of various instructional interventions.
A non-biology specific version of the course is offered through
the CIRTL network.
