Drawing on Popular Culture: Using Tattooing to Introduce Biological Concepts

Autor/inn/en	Poli, DorothyBelle; Fleenor, Matthew; Rearick, Matthew
Titel	Drawing on Popular Culture: Using Tattooing to Introduce Biological Concepts
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 74 (2012) 6, S.381-385 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
DOI	10.1525/abt.2012.74.6.5
Schlagwörter	Biology; Cytology; Microbiology; Health; Physics; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Popular Culture; Art; History; Culturally Relevant Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Learner Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Zytologie; Mikrobiologie; Gesundheit; Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Popkultur; Arts; Kunst; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
Abstract	Collaboration between two biologists and a physicist resulted in the example of tattooing being used as a motivator to support discussion across several scientific fields (cell biology, microbiology, human health, and physics). Although often viewed as self-destructive and rebellious in the Western world, tattooing has a deep and rich history full of meaning, for example as a rite of passage. Our main objective was to use a culturally relevant topic as a way to increase student engagement and learning while linking biological phenomena and physics. We describe this experience and provide a brief background on how the art and history of tattooing can aid in teaching young biologists. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10