Reiss, Michael;
Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale;
(2001)
What sorts of worlds do we live in nowadays? Teaching biology in a post-modern age.
Journal of Biological Education
, 35
pp. 125-129.
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Abstract
Most historians of science, sociologists of science, philosophers of science and science educators now accept that there is no such thing as 'the scientific method'. We explore the implications of this view of the nature of science for biology education in particular. Accepting that there is no single way of investigating and describing the world scientifically presents both challenges and opportunities, especially when teaching biology. We illustrate these opportunities by suggesting fresh approaches to the teaching of drawing in biology, the teaching of classification and the teaching of human biology.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | What sorts of worlds do we live in nowadays? Teaching biology in a post-modern age. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | biology education, plants, mental models, classification, informal learning; nature of science, post-modernism, drawing, classification, human biology |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10000460 |
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