Abstract

Be aware of behaviour. Learning and teaching behavioural biology in secondary education. Learning and teaching New Biology requires new educational approaches to acquire knowledge of the (new) biology, competences to understand complex systems, and new learning and teaching strategies. The concept-context approach is considered as meeting three main problems in current biology education: an overloaded curriculum, minor relevance of the curriculum, and a lack of coherence in biological knowledge. The thesis explores the development of a learning and teaching strategy wherein students acquire an understanding of the dynamic and complex nature of behaviour.