Exploring Biological Literacy: A Systematic Literature Review of Biological Literacy

Abstract

<p style="text-align: justify;">A large number of articles in the field of science education reflect on scientific literacy as the main goal of science education (SE), although often with varying viewpoints. Nevertheless, researchers have begun to highlight subject-specific teaching practices that are expected to specifically enhance science subject teaching, including biology. The main aim of this theoretical article is to come on consensus and to conceptualise the term biological literacy (BL) more clearly and to present a theoretical concept of BL, composed on the basis of systematically analysed articles. This theoretical concept includes two dimensions of BL: (1) cognitive (cognitive skills, conceptual understanding, biological inquiry) and (2) affective dimension, based on systematic literature review (SLR). This theoretical concept also includes in addition four dimensions of BL: (3) sustainability; (4) interdisciplinarity, (5) career awareness and (6) nature of biology (NOB), based on literature review (LR) of recent decades, that was conducted to write theoretical overview of this research.</p>

Impact of Prezi Media-Assisted Problem-Based Learning on Scientific Literacy and Independence of Elementary School Students

“…Scientific literacy is important in modern life which is faced with issues related to science and technology (Semilarski & Laius, 2021;Valladares, 2021;Widodo et al, 2020). Preparing for scientific literacy is very important because everyone needs information in their daily lives as a reference for scientific thinking and in decision making and problem solving tasks (Chusni & Hasanah, 2018;Samsu et al, 2020;Wahyu et al, 2020).…”

“…In addition, literacy also plays an important role in the acquisition of knowledge, orally and in written form, in problem solving and in being sensitive to the surrounding environment (Ke, Sadler, Zangori & Friedrichsen, 2021). One form of literacy is scientific literacy which is important in modern life as it is related to issues of science and technology (Semilarski & Laius, 2021;Valladares, 2021;Widodo, Sudibyo, Suryanti, Inzanah & Setiawan, 2020). Scientific literacy is very important since everyone needs aid in thinking, decisionmaking and problem-solving tasks (Chusni & Hasanah, 2018;Samsu, Mustika, Nafaida & Manurung, 2020;Wahyu, Suastra, Sadia & Suarni, 2020).…”

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Berbasis Pendekatan Saintifik dengan Real object dan ICT terhadap Literasi Biologi Siswa

“…Salah satu bagian penting dari literasi saintifik adalah literasi biologi yang memiliki fokus utama pada konteks biologis yang bertujuan untuk memperluas wawasan dalam pendidikan sains (Semilarski & Laius, 2021). Istilah literasi biologi mengacu pada literasi saintifik dalam pembelajaran biologi (Suwono, et.…”

“…Secara spesifik, literasi biologi didefinisikan sebagai serangkaian keterampilan yang meliputi kemampuan memahami konsep dan prinsip biologi, efek manusia terhadap lingkungan tempatnya tinggal, perkembangan historis biologi, nilai-nilai terkait riset biologi, keanekaragaman biologi dan budaya, biologi untuk pribadi yang memahami dampak sosial dari sains dan bioteknologi, berpikir kreatif dalam konteks biologi, merumuskan pertanyaan tentang alam, dan merasionalisasi secara logis dan kritis. Selain itu, juga melibatkan kemampuan untuk mengevaluasi informasi dengan menggunakan teknologi secara tepat untuk diterapkan dalam konteks biologi, serta menetapkan keputusan pribadi terkait isu biologi yang relevan (Semilarski & Laius, 2021).…”

“…Biologi memiliki peran untuk mengembangkan literasi saintifik, sebagai bagian dari tanggungjawabnya untuk mempersiapkan generasi yang mampu berkehidupan sesuai tuntutan zaman (Anakara, 2021). Biologi telah menjadi fokus para peneliti yang mengungkap tentang beragam mata pelajaran yang diharapkan dapat meningkatkan efektivitas pembelajaran sains (Semilarski & Laius, 2021).…”