Basic concept
The basic concept in didactics is the structured networking of related (scientific) terms, theories and explanatory models that have historically emerged from the systematics of a subject for the description of elementary processes and phenomena as relevant .
This should help the students to recognize that certain basic findings are suitable for building a conceptual understanding of (scientific) issues. New facts, unknown examples and known facts that appear in an unusual context can thus be made accessible through a fundamental understanding of the respective natural science. The learners thereby acquire the ability to think in a problem-solving manner.
Basic concepts can serve as guidelines, but do not have to be. Depending on the author, you will find different names, subdivisions and other formulations.
Basic concepts have meanwhile found their way into the curricula of various federal states.
Examples of basic concepts in biology are structure and function, development, compartmentalization or variability and adaptation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Demuth, R .; Ralle, B .; Parchmann, I .: Basic Concepts - A Challenge for Chemistry Classes. ChemKon issue 2/2005, 55-60
- ↑ Basic Concepts of Biology ( Memento of April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) biokurs.npage.de, accessed on May 29, 2012