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Conflicting perceptions of the status of field biology and identification skills in UK education (2016)
Journal Article
Goulder, R., & Scott, G. W. (2016). Conflicting perceptions of the status of field biology and identification skills in UK education. Journal of Biological Education, 50(3), 233-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2016.1202489

There is an enormous degree of engagement between people and the outdoors in the UK; 58% of the adult population of England, about 24 million people, make at least one visit a week to parks, urban green spaces, the countryside or other outdoor destin... Read More about Conflicting perceptions of the status of field biology and identification skills in UK education.

Teacher and student perceptions of the development of learner autonomy : a case study in the biological sciences (2014)
Journal Article
Scott, G. W., Furnell, J., Murphy, C. M., & Goulder, R. (2015). Teacher and student perceptions of the development of learner autonomy : a case study in the biological sciences. Studies in higher education, 40(6), 945-956. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2013.842216

Biology teachers in a UK university expressed a majority view that student learning autonomy increases with progression through university. A minority suggested that pre-existing diversity in learning autonomy was more important and that individuals... Read More about Teacher and student perceptions of the development of learner autonomy : a case study in the biological sciences.