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TEN Issue 34.pdf  Issue 34 of the Teaching Ecology Newsletter featuring the following articles

Learning outside the classroom manifesto:  a summary of the November 2006 LOtC manifesto and the BES pledge in support of the manifesto

Education at the BES Annual Conference 2006 by Dr D Slingsby:  The BES annual Meeting held at Oxford in 2006 hosted the Thematic topic, Research and Research priorities in Ecological Education.  The chair of the BES Eduction, training and careers committee discusses the key points raised throughout the session and how the BES might move forward

Biodiversity as an issue in pre-service teacher training by P Lindemann Matthies and C Kadjii-Beltran:  Reporting on the differences in primary school trainee teachers attitides and confidence in teaching biodiversity in four european countries.

London Outdoor Science Project: making science relevant to urban pupils by M Glackin:  A report on the 2006 london based science project with secondary school students in an outdoor urban setting

Exploring undergraduate ecology teaching by M Langan: reporting on strategies which encourage learner autonomy

The management plan test- an alternative approach to examining students ecological knowledge by K Ling:  Reporting on how the process of writing a managment plan for a real habitat can tests students skills in anumber of areas

Assessing ethical arduments in a new advanced level biology course by M Reiss:  How can social and ethical issues be taught within a context based course

Using GIS software to teach about spatial aspects of ecology by M Smith:  GIS software can be used to measure the abiotic factors of a habitat and allow students to visualise how niche parameters interact.