Open AccessCharacterizing Biology Education Research: Perspectives from Practitioners and Scholars in the Field
Author(s) -
Jeremy Hsu,
Audrey Chen,
Eduardo Cruz-Hinojoza,
Duyen Dinh-Dang,
Elizabeth A. Roth-Johnson,
Brian K. Sato,
Stanley M. Lo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of microbiology and biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1935-7885
pISSN - 1935-7877
DOI - 10.1128/jmbe.00147-21
Subject(s) - scholarship , field (mathematics) , engineering ethics , data science , sociology , political science , computer science , engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
Biology education research (BER) is a recently emerging field mainly focused on the learning and teaching of biology in postsecondary education. As BER continues to grow, exploring what goals, questions, and scholarship the field encompasses will provide an opportunity for the community to reflect on what new lines of inquiry could be pursued in the future.