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Direct linkAllchin, Douglas – American Biology Teacher, 2005
Computer programs and models are used to express respect for life by not sacrificing any animal but these alternatives might be deeply flawed. Alternatives to dissection are perverse alternatives that tend to preserve the features of inappropriate dissections like destructiveness, reductionism and objectification.
Descriptors: Laboratory Procedures, Animals, Science Instruction, Biology
Peer reviewedAllchin, Douglas; Anthony, Elizabeth; Bristol, Jack; Dean, Alan; Hall, David; Lieb, Carl – Science and Education, 1999
Describes an interdisciplinary science laboratory course for non-majors that uses the history of science as a curricular guide. Profiles two sample projects that consider the importance of teachers to classroom dynamics and the institutional political context. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation
