Teaching Secondary School Biology: A Handbook for Teachers in Developing Countries

This is the first edition of the book that focuses on equipping the pre-service and the practicing teachers of biology with the current knowledge and skills in biology education. The book is a response to the demand for such a book by practicing teachers, teacher trainees, and trainers in secondary school biology education.

The book targets students training to become biology teachers at the Diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The book will also be a useful resource material to practicing teachers of biology in secondary schools and quality assurance officers and teacher trainers in universities and colleges.

The book is based on the premise that potential teachers of biology are fairly well grounded in the various courses in botany and zoology, which provide more advanced biological knowledge than what is prescribed in the syllabi for secondary schools. The teachers are therefore required to adopt the advanced knowledge to suit the students in secondary schools. This requires the teachers to use professional approaches that facilitate the learning of biology notwithstanding the advanced biological knowledge on the ground. This book is about how we can help learners understand and appreciate the science of life.

The book is presented in a simple, clear and Standard English language augmented with diagrammatic illustrations, pictures and tables that are intended to motivate the reader. The book has also several tasks and exercises to get the readers to reflect on what they read and to further extend their knowledge. In addition, the book provides a summary of the information at the end of each chapter to help the reader recapitulate the content of the chapter.