"Science as a Way of Knowing" is a project of the Education Committee of the American Society of Zoologists and ten other organizations. The goal of the project is to offer suggestions for making the teaching of biology at the college and university level more effective. The proceedings of the 1985 symposium on genetics are presented in this document. Papers included are: "Thinking and Deciding" (John A. Moore); "Science as a Way of Knowing--Genetics" (John A. Moore); "Experiments in a Monastery Garden ("Gregor Mendel," presented by Richard M. Eakin); "On the Origin of Mendelian Genetics" (Iris Sandler and Laurence Sandler); "The Structure and Organization of Genetic Material" (Monroe W. Strickberger); "The Function of the Hereditary Materials: Biological Catalyses Reflect the Cell's Evolutionary History" (Bruce M. Alberts); "Patterns of Inheritance" (Hampton L. Carson); "How Important Is Genetics for an Understanding of Evolution?" (R. C. Lewontin); "Genetics of Crop Improvement" (Michael T. Clegg); "Science as a Way of Knowing: Human Genetics" (Barton Childs); "Cultural Evolution" (Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza); "Geneticists and Race" (William B. Provine); "Reflections on the Limits of Science and Technology" (David T. Suzuki); "Whither Mankind? The Choice between a Genetic Twilight and a Moral Twilight" (Francisco J. Ayala); "Films and Videotapes in Genetics" (Nathan H. Hart and Gary Anderson). (ML)