Designing and implementing a new advanced level biology course.

Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology is a new advanced level biology course currently being piloted from September 2002 in England with around 1200 students. This paper discusses the reasons for developing a new advanced biology course at this time, the philosophy of the project and how the materials are being written and the specification devised. The aim of the project is to provide an up-to-date course that interests students, is considered appropriate by teachers and other professionals in biology, and takes full advantage of modern developments in biology and in teaching

Serious violent behavior and antisocial outcomes as consequences of exposure to ethnic‐political conflict and violence among Israeli and Palestinian youth

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149258/1/ab21818.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149258/2/ab21818_am.pd

Childhood predictors and age 48 outcomes of self‐reports and official records of offending

Background The key question is: are self‐reports and official records equally valid indicators of criminal offending? Aims We examine the correspondence between self‐reports and official records of offending, the similarity of childhood and adolescent individual and contextual predictors of both measures of offending, and the similarity of age 48 correlates of both measures of offending. Methods Men (N = 436) from the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, a sample of all 3rd graders in Columbia County, New York, in 1959–60, participated. The youth, their peers and their parents were interviewed when the youth were age 8; the youth were later interviewed at ages 19, 30 and 48. Results We found moderate to high correspondence between self‐reports of having been in trouble with the law and official arrest records. Lifetime self‐reports and official records of offending were generally predicted by the same childhood and adolescent variables, and were correlated with many of the same adult outcome measures. By age 48, life‐course non‐offenders defined by either self‐reports or official records had better outcomes than offenders. Conclusions The results validate the use of adolescent and adult self‐reports of offending, and the early identification of individuals at risk for adult criminal behaviour through childhood parent and peer reports and adolescent self and peer reports. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109275/1/cbm1929.pd

Alambique : didáctica de las ciencias experimentales

resumen literal de la revistaLa biología avanzada Salters-Nuffield es un nuevo curso de nivel avanzado que está siendo probado en Inglaterra desde septiembre de 2002 con aproximadamente 1200 estudiantes. Este artículo expone las razones para desarrollar un nuevo curso de biología en este momento, la filosofía del proyecto y cómo se estan redactando los materiales, así como la forma en la que se está diseñando el currículo. El objetivo del proyecto es proporcionar un curso actualizado que interese a los estudiantes, sea considerado adecuado por parte del profesorado y otros profesionales de la biología y saque el máximo partido de los modernos avances tanto en el campo de la biología como en el de la enseñanza.CataluñaES