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Autor/inn/en | Chamany, Katayoun; Allen, Deborah; Tanner, Kimberly |
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Titel | Making Biology Learning Relevant to Students: Integrating People, History, and Context into College Biology Teaching |
Quelle | In: CBE - Life Sciences Education, 7 (2008) 3, S.267-278 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1931-7913 |
DOI | 10.1187/cbe.08-06-0029 |
Schlagwörter | Majors (Students); Diseases; Biology; Social Environment; Social Responsibility; Relevance (Education); Social History; College Science; Social Problems; Genetics; Cytology; Scientific Concepts; Evolution |
Abstract | Teaching students to make connections between what they learn in the classroom and what they see in everyday life is imperative. As biology instructors, they may choose to teach biology devoid of social context, believing that students can make these connections on their own. However, students model their instructors' behaviors, and follow their lead. If biology instructors integrate social issues into the biology curriculum, they model social responsibility for biology majors, and they demonstrate the need for biological literacy for nonmajors. With an ever expanding biology curriculum, some instructors may wonder how they will find space to bring in social issues, and what biological content may be omitted in the process. This article discusses how to integrate people, history, and social context into college biology teaching. It first demonstrates the important connection between biology and social issues, and then examines how the history of biology can be used to infuse relevance into the biology curriculum. The article also demonstrates how familiar biological topics, such as sickle cell anemia, gene regulation via the lac operon, and energetics can be presented within their social contexts. These examples are followed by a summary of large-scale efforts and tables listing resources to assist instructors in this integration process. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) (ERIC). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |