Biology Education for Social and Sustainable Development -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- THEME 1: VISIONS AND CHALLENGES OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY: KEYNOTE PAPERS -- 1. LINKING EDUCATION TO SOCIALLY-RELEVANT BIOENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- Raw Bio-Commodities -- High Quality Seed Material Using Hybrids -- Tissue Culture -- Biofermentation -- Biofertilizers -- Biopesticides -- Biofuels -- Bioremediation -- Biotech Seeds -- ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ENABLING BIOENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ANDRAGOGY AND PEDAGOGY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 2. PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- SCIENCE EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING SD AND SUSTAINABILITY -- THE SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY (STEL) STUDY -- THE PROPOSED STE-BASED, INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE CURRICULUM FOR BASIC EDUCATION -- SCHOOL-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF SD -- SciPol Television Program -- Education for All Through Radio -- Air Care and Solid Wastes Management -- Sustainable and Environment-Friendly Schools Competition -- Fisheries Management and Climate Change Survey -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 3. ACTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES: A NORTH AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOP -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE OVERVIEW OF ESD IN CANADA AND THE U.S. -- Context of Education and What that Means for ESD -- Actions and Opportunities Supporting ESD at the Federal Level - U.S. -- State Level Actions and Opportunities.

Critical Roles of NGOs in Promoting ESD -- Patterns of ESD in Higher Education -- Co-Curricular Themes -- Green Campus, Green Curriculum -- Creating Entirely New Courses on Sustainability Topics -- ESD Units or Modules in Courses -- Some Pedagogies Useful for ESD in Biology -- REFERENCES -- 4. FROM GENE TO EDUCATION - THE ECNG RESEARCH FRAMEWORK: EDUCATION, COGNITION, NEUROSCIENCE, AND GENE -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- THE PROPOSED ECNG RESEARCH FRAMEWORK -- A COMT STUDY PUBLISHED IN BRAIN AND COGNITION EXPLORING THE E AND G ASSOCIATIONS -- A RECENT BDNF PAPER UNDER REVISION TACKLING C AND G ISSUES -- DISCUSSION -- IS IT A BRIDGE TOO FAR NOW? -- FUTURE WORK AND SOME FINAL THOUGHTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 5. BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN CHINA 2000-2010: CURRICULAR TRENDS AND TEACHER PREPARATION MODELS FOR A CHANGING SOCIETY -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- 1. BIO-EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT -- 1.1. The Rapid Changes Call for Education Reform -- 1.2. The Reformed Education System -- 2. BIOLOGY CURRICULAR TRENDS, 2000-2010 -- 2.1. The Steps in Biology Education Reform Formulation of curriculum standard -- Diversity of Teaching Materials -- 2.2 Biology Curricular Trends -- Biology for All -- Enhance Student's Biological Literacy -- Advocate Inquiry-Based Learning -- Teaching and Learning Biology with Student's Real Life Context -- Embed Bio-technology in the Content -- Key Concepts as Core and More Choices for Electives -- 3. TEACHER PREPARATION MODEL -- Design and Prepare on-Line Course Materials -- On-line Training -- 4. REVIEW AND PLANNING FOR THE NEXT STEPS -- REFERENCES -- 6. BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE -- ABSTRACT -- KEY WORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- NEW CURRICULA -- A CASE STUDY - FIELD STUDIES, CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND DEVELOPING AN APPRECIATION OF NATURE -- CONSERVATION BIOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -- REFERENCES.

THEME 2: BIOLOGY, COMMUNITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION -- 7. A VISUALISATION TOOL FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: USING FOOTBALL FIELDS, AGRICULTURAL FIELDS AND WATERWAYS TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPLICATION OF DIFFERENT WATER ALLOCATION DECISIONS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- WATER ALLOCATION CHALLENGES -- THE ROLE OF INTERACTIVE VISUALISATION TOOLS -- INTERACTIVE VISUALISATION TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION -- WINDSCREEN - A VISUALISATION TOOL TO FACILITATE WATER ALLOCATION DECISION MAKING -- DETERMINING STUDENT'S WATER ALLOCATION PREFERENCES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 8. USING METACOGNITION AS A TOOL TO ADVANCE READING COMPREHENSION IN A SCIENCE CLASS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Research Design -- Research Instrument -- Data Gathering Procedure and Analysis -- RESULTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A. THE READING SURVEY (ADOPTED FROM JOSEPH, 2006) -- On Comprehension: -- On Enjoyment: -- On Effort: -- 9. DE LA SALLE-COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE IN THE PHILIPPINES: MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- TREE-PLANTING PROJECT: ONE MILLION TREES AND BEYOND -- ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 10. OIL PRODUCING PLANTS AS ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 11. RESEARCH AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES BEFORE THE 1990'S -- BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND -- BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES: THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS (UST) EXPERIENCE -- RESEARCH PROJECTS -- LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HEED THE CALL -- BIOTA. -- PSBMB. -- NPSP. -- ASBP. -- PSCB. -- NIMBUS. -- IMPACT ON QUALITY OF EDUCATION -- REFERENCES -- 12. BIOLOGY FOR NON-MAJORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN EXTENSION PROGRAM IN PAMPANGA (UPDEPP): LEARNING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES MINUS THE SQUIRMS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- 1) Mr. and Miss STD Beauty Pageant. -- Part III -- 2) Mini-drama Presentation. -- 3) Quiz Show -- 4) "Bring Me" Game. -- REFERENCES -- 13. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PANTABANGAN REFORESTATION, LIVELIHOOD AND OTHER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS OF LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1 -- Definition of Terms. -- 14. INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND TAXONOMY OF BATS IN LOBOC WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE, BOHOL, PHILIPPINES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Description of the Study Area -- RESEARCH PROCEDURE -- Reconnaissance Survey and Field Sampling -- Measurement and Identification of Each Bat -- Data Processing and Analysis -- SPECIES DIVERSITY (SHANNON-WEINER DIVERSITY INDEX) -- Descriptive Normative Survey Tool -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Species Account -- Indigenous Knowledge on Bats -- Perceived Importance of Bats and Attitude Towards Bat Conservation -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 15. ANATOMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF OIL CELLS AND OIL CAVITIES IN JATROPHA CURCAS L. USING LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Anatomy and Location of Oil Cavity in Fruits and Seeds Under Light Microscope -- Anatomy and Location of Oil Cell in Seeds -- Scanning Electron Micrographs -- Transmission Electron Microscopy Images -- CONCLUSION.

REFERENCES -- 16. EXTENT OF ESCHERICHIA COLI CONTAMINATION OF CAGAYAN DE ORO RIVER AND FACTORS CAUSING CONTAMINATION -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 17. BIOPHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF TWO MAJOR MANILA ESTEROS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Physical Parameters -- Chemical Parameters -- Biological Parameters -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY: DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS -- Respondents' Awareness and Attitude Towards Esteros -- Institutional Initiatives -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 18. SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM-LITERACY EDUCATION FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN ASIA -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- FARMERS FIELD SCHOOLS: EFFECTIVE EDUCATION TOOLS FOR ECOSYSTEMLITERACY TRAINING -- Integrated Pest Management: The Development, Spread and Diversification of Farmers Field Schools -- Adult Education Concepts and Theories and Application in Farmers Field Schools -- CASE STUDIES: ECOSYSTEM-LITERACY TRAINING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR PROMOTION OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND PESTICIDE RISK REDUCTION FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION INTENSIFICATION. -- Sustainable Intensification of Rice Production and the Vital Role of Ecosystemliteracy Training Through IPM Farmers Field School in the Philippines -- Community Education for Pesticide Risk Reduction in Vietnam -- Policy Lessons Learned -- REFERENCES -- THEME 3: TEACHING PRACTICE & STUDENT LEARNING OF BIOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 19. IMPROVING SCIENCE LEARNING THROUGH WRITING-TO-LEARN STRATEGY: WRITING CLAIM AND EVIDENCE IN CLASSROOM TEACHING -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE OF STUDY.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.