Science as a Way of Knowing—Genetics
1986; Oxford University Press; Volume: 26; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/icb/26.3.583
ISSN2162-4445
Autores Tópico(s)Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
ResumoSYNOPSIS. This essay is part of the third presentation of an educational project of the American Society of Zoologists. The purpose is to offer suggestions for improving the first-year biology courses in the universities. The method consists of emphasizing the conceptual framework of the biological sciences, showing how scientific information is obtained and evaluated, pointing out the strengths and limitations of scientific procedures, and above all showing the relevance of science for human hopes and well being. This is done annually with a major symposium, an essay distributed at the symposium, a film program, and, finally, the published proceedings, which are widely distributed to scientistteachers throughout the world. Each year a major topicis considered. In 1983 it was Evolutionary Biology and in 1984 it was Human Ecology. This year it is Genetics.
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