Publication Date
| In 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2023 | 0 |
| Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
| Controversial Issues (Course… | 3 |
| Genetics | 3 |
| Science Education History | 3 |
| Scientific Concepts | 3 |
| Scientific Methodology | 3 |
| Scientific Principles | 3 |
| Scientific Research | 3 |
| Evolution | 2 |
| Science Experiments | 2 |
| Scientific Literacy | 2 |
| Scientists | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Science & Education | 3 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkAllen, Garland E. – Science & Education, 2015
Science textbooks and classes mostly emphasize what are considered by today's standards the "right" or "correct" interpretations of particular phenomena or processes. When "incorrect" ideas of the past are mentioned at all, it is simply to point out their errors, with little attention as to why the ideas were put…
Descriptors: Genetics, Evolution, Scientists, Scientific Methodology
Smith, Mike U.; Gericke, Niklas M. – Science & Education, 2015
Mendel is an icon in the history of genetics and part of our common culture and modern biology instruction. The aim of this paper is to summarize the place of Mendel in the modern biology classroom. In the present article we will identify key issues that make Mendel relevant in the classroom today. First, we recount some of the historical…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Science Instruction
Orel, Vítezslav; Peaslee, Margaret H. – Science & Education, 2015
This historical narrative describes the foundation of education as established by J. A. Comenius (1592-1670). It explores the transfer of Comenius' tenets, utilized and modified through the years, up to their impact upon the ground-breaking experiments of G. Mendel (1822-1884), "the father of genetics". It explores the questions of…
Descriptors: Genetics, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Methodology
