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On the Encounter of Scientific Literature with Afro-Brazilian Ancestral Pharmacopeias
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do Amparo, Pedro Vinícius Castro Magalhães; Pinheiro, Bárbara Carine Soares – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2022
This research envisioned as its main objective the comprehension of the process of knowledge production concerning the Afro-Brazilian boldo ("Plectranthus barbatus Andrews"), with the contributions from both scientists and the Afro-Brazilian people. As specific objectives, we attempted to reconstruct the research pathways traveled by…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Medicine, African Culture, Cultural Influences
Teaching Invasive Species Ethically: Using Comics to Resist Metaphors of Moral Wrongdoing & Build Literacy in Environmental Ethics
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Maggiulli, Katrina – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Invasive species outreach has long leaned on problematic and oversimplified messaging that narrowly frames the issue as binary: good-native vs. evil-invasive. Contemporary invasive species educational programming in the United States, as illustrated in this article, draw on this same approach that, while attention grabbing, both reinforces…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Moral Values, Marine Biology, Marine Education
Update. Biotechnologists Aim to Shoot Plants.
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Sheerman, Suzanne – Journal of Biological Education, 1990
Reviewed are some of the techniques being used in plant biotechnology laboratories. Described are tissue culture and genetic manipulation. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach and ethics and public concern issues are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, College Science, Culturing Techniques