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DIDACTICS OF BIOLOGY Teaching about Teaching and Learning Biology Head: Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel, M.A. Recent Publications: Contact: Didactics of Biology Osnabrück University Department of Biology and Chemistry Educational Potential of Nature-Orientated Versus Engineered Habitats in Botanical Gardens Katrin Lückmann & Susanne Menzel Evaluation of Young Peoples‘ Landscape Perception in the National Nature Heritage Site „Prora“ on the Island of Rügen Susanne Menzel Commitment of Costa Rican and German Pre- Service Teachers to Teach Biodiversity Issues Florian Fiebelkorn & Susanne Menzel What Factors Influence a Commitment to Act Sustainably at a Local and Global Level? Moritz Busse & Susanne Menzel The loss of biodiversity at the level of genes, species, and ecosystems proceeds at an alarming rate (Mittermaier et al., 2004). Most countries of the world have therefore decided to become a member of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) and protect biodiversity on a local, national and global level. Education has been acknowledged a key measurement to implement biodiversity protection in all countries. Many projects in the working group of Didactics of Biology at Osnabrück University aim at providing an empirical basis for biodiversity education. Exemplary questions that we address are, for example, what young people already know or perceive in the context of biodiversity. How do they see and evaluate landscapes, and are particular landscape types adequate to be involved in educational endeavors? What do future teachers know about biodiversity and biodiversity education? Are there cultural differences in the perception of biodiversity and its loss, especially when people from industrialized countries are compared to those living at a biodiversity hotspot? Dilemma-Situation „Reintroduction of Large Wild Animals Into Their Former Habitats“ – What Protection Motivation do Young People Show? Nadin Hermann & Susanne Menzel Hermann, N., Voß, C. & Menzel, S. (2013). Wildlife value orientations as predicting factors in support of reintroducing bison and of wolves migrating to Germany. Journal for Nature Conservation, 21(3), 125-132. Lückmann, K., Lagemann, V., & Menzel, S. (2013). Landscape Assessment and Evaluation of Young People: Comparing Nature-Orientated Habitat and Engineered Habitat. Environment and Behavior 45(1), 86-112. Fiebelkorn, F. and Menzel, S. (2012) Student teachers ´ understanding of the terminology, distribution and loss of biodiversity: Perspectives from a biodiversity hotspot and an industrialized country. Research in Science Education. Online first. Hermann, N. & Menzel, S. (2012). Threat perception and attitudes of adolescents towards re-introduced wild animals a qualitative study of young learners from affected regions in Germany. International Journal of Science Education. Online first. Menzel, Susanne & Bögeholz, Susanne (2010). Values, Beliefs, and Norms that Foster Chilean and German Pupils’ Commitment to Protect Biodiversity. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education , 5(1), 33-49. Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel-Riedl Osnabrück University Department of Biology and Chemistry Didactics of Biology Barbarastr. 11 49076 Osnabrück Germany Phone +49 (0)541 969 3351 [email protected] Didactics of Biology Osnabrück University Global Learning at Regional Sites in Botanical Gardens Susanne Menzel, Bernd Overwien, Moritz Busse, Marina Hethke a.o.

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DIDACTICS OF BIOLOGY Teaching about Teaching and Learning Biology

Head: Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel, M.A.

Recent Publications: Contact:

Didactics of Biology Osnabrück University

Department of Biology and Chemistry

Educational Potential of Nature-Orientated

Versus Engineered Habitats in Botanical

Gardens

Katrin Lückmann & Susanne Menzel

Evaluation of Young Peoples‘ Landscape

Perception in the National Nature

Heritage Site „Prora“ on the Island of Rügen

Susanne Menzel

Commitment of Costa Rican and German Pre-

Service Teachers to Teach Biodiversity

Issues

Florian Fiebelkorn & Susanne Menzel

What Factors Influence a

Commitment to Act Sustainably at a Local

and Global Level?

Moritz Busse & Susanne Menzel

The loss of biodiversity at the level of genes, species, and ecosystems proceeds at an alarming rate (Mittermaier et al., 2004). Most countries of the world have therefore decided to become a member of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) and protect biodiversity on a local, national and

global level. Education has been acknowledged a key measurement to implement biodiversity protection in all countries.

Many projects in the working group of Didactics of Biology at Osnabrück University aim at providing an empirical basis for biodiversity education. Exemplary questions that we address are, for example,

what young people already know or perceive in the context of biodiversity. How do they see and evaluate landscapes, and are particular landscape types adequate to be involved in educational

endeavors? What do future teachers know about biodiversity and biodiversity education? Are there cultural differences in the perception of biodiversity and its loss, especially when people from

industrialized countries are compared to those living at a biodiversity hotspot?

Dilemma-Situation „Reintroduction of Large Wild Animals Into Their

Former Habitats“ – What Protection Motivation do

Young People Show?

Nadin Hermann & Susanne Menzel

Hermann, N., Voß, C. & Menzel, S. (2013). Wildlife value orientations as predicting factors in support of reintroducing bison and

of wolves migrating to Germany. Journal for Nature Conservation, 21(3), 125-132.

Lückmann, K., Lagemann, V., & Menzel, S. (2013). Landscape Assessment and Evaluation of Young People: Comparing

Nature-Orientated Habitat and Engineered Habitat. Environment and Behavior 45(1), 86-112.

Fiebelkorn, F. and Menzel, S. (2012) Student teachers´ understanding of the terminology, distribution and loss of biodiversity:

Perspectives from a biodiversity hotspot and an industrialized country. Research in Science Education. Online first.

Hermann, N. & Menzel, S. (2012). Threat perception and attitudes of adolescents towards re-introduced wild animals – a

qualitative study of young learners from affected regions in Germany. International Journal of Science Education. Online first.

Menzel, Susanne & Bögeholz, Susanne (2010). Values, Beliefs, and Norms that Foster Chilean and German Pupils’

Commitment to Protect Biodiversity. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 5(1), 33-49.

Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel-Riedl

Osnabrück University

Department of Biology and Chemistry

Didactics of Biology

Barbarastr. 11

49076 Osnabrück

Germany

Phone +49 (0)541 – 969 3351

[email protected]

Didactics of Biology Osnabrück University

Global Learning at Regional Sites in

Botanical Gardens

Susanne Menzel, Bernd Overwien,

Moritz Busse, Marina Hethke a.o.