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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2016.36.5.0801

Pre-service Biology Teachers' Perspectives about Biological Competition and Adaptation  

Jo, Jiseon (Cheongju Sunghwa Middle School)
Cha, Heeyoung (Korea National University of Education)
Yang, Pilseung (Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.36, no.5, 2016 , pp. 801-814 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out whether pre-service biology teachers' biological meanings of competition and adaptation is the same as everyday meanings to understand natural selection and evolution. Fifty three pre-service biology teachers answered written tests and thirteen of them were interviewed. The tests on general meanings on competition and adaptation, tests on biological meanings on competition and adaptation and tests on natural selection were administered. Questions on semi-structured interviews were composed of only biological meanings about competition and adaptation. Analyzing data through four steps, pre-service biological teachers' general meanings on competition and adaptation were compared with the definitions of Korean dictionary and compared with biological definitions. Pre-service teachers' alternative conceptions about biological competition and adaptation were classified and the alternative conceptual types were checked when explaining natural selection and evolution. They realized competition is battle for intention or purpose like everyday meaning of competition. However, they didn't realize adaptation happen in the population level. They thought that adaptation, like in everyday life meaning, is getting suitable to environment for survival on an individual level. By relating adaptation to evolution, they thought that long-lasting adaptation become evolution. This study has significance with respect to suggesting the alternative concepts of competition and adaptation based on effective evolution teaching from constructivism viewpoint and highlighting the importance of the concepts of biological competition and adaptation, which have been concerned rarely for a long time.
Keywords
biology teacher education; evolution; competition; adaptation; natural selection;
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