1.2. Values developed in biology education
Both the theoretical and practical activities during biology lessons will give you the opportunity to develop different values.
Values in education are principals, rules or standards of behavior that are realized in school life and afterwards.
Here are some values you can develop by learning biology
Curiosity: is a strong desire of learning more, which is the driving force to develop skills that enable success in the study of the subject and beyond.
Love: biology gives the chance to value life, living things and environment. While learning biology we develop love and compassion for life, humanity, living things and environment.
Freedom: as a branch of sciences, while you are studying biology you will practice the freedom of thinking and expression of your observation. Honesty: is very important in science. As a young science student you have to honestly collect, organize, analyze and summarize your data.
Respect: learning about living things an environment at school is usually being done in groups, during which you learn to practice how to interact with others and respect the idea of others.
Cooperation: group activities in a class while leaning science are strong foundation for the collaborative nature of scientific and technological works. It is important to develop respect for others and to learn from one another.
Tolerance: while working in a group during biology lesson you will develop the quality of tolerating the view of others.
Humility: humble way listening to what others are saying, respecting and accepting the view of others and accepting ones mistake and weakness.
Reasoning: in science to make a conclusion or a summary one needs to critically evaluate an develop sense of pattern among pieces of information collected.
Openness: during science lesson you should not restrict to what you are only told without examining it. You should be open minded to learn more than limiting yourself to what you only learn in the class.
