......for all those interested please see below events being held at the
John Innes Centre in Norwich this September:
9th History of Genetics One Day Meeting
http://www.jic.ac.uk/centenary/events/historyofgenetics/programme.htm
9-11th Genetics 100 Years On - A John Innes Symposium beginning with the
Bateson Lecture to be given by Professor Sir Paul Nurse
http://www.jic.ac.uk/centenary/events/genetics100yearson/programme.htm
13th Discovery Day at the John Innes Centre - Free event open to all
http://www.jic.ac.uk/centenary/events/discovery_day.html
We would be very grateful if you could please forward to any colleagues
you think may be interested.
Thank you!
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Manchester
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Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Teaching genetics in the classroom
Hi Annabel,
The best research I've found on this topic comes from the
'Learning in Science Group' at the University of Leeds. They surveyed
14-16 year olds and found lots of confusion on this topic (which
obviously indicates that it's tricky to teach). I've listed some
references from the Leeds groups below. These articles were published a
while ago, but from my experience their findings still hold true.
I also did some research on this myself and surveyed teachers
about teaching the social and ethical issues associated with genetics.
Generally, teachers found this area particularly challenging, but I did
complete this survey in 2001 and the curriculum has changed
significantly since then.
At Nowgen we have lots of requests from teachers to help them
find visual and kinaesthetic ways to teach genetic concepts. We have
found lots of experiments, animations and models that make the concepts
clearer, but the story we hear is that teachers certainly find this
topic difficult.
If you'd like to discuss further, please do get in touch with me
off list. All the best,
Kate
Lewis J, Leach J & Wood-Robinson C (2000). All in the genes? - young
people's understanding of the nature of genes. Journal of Biological
Education; 34:74-79.
Lewis J, Leach J & Wood-Robinson C (2000). What's in a cell? - young
people's understanding of the relationship between cells within an
individual. Journal of Biological Education; 34:129-132.
Wood-Robinson C (1994). Young people's Ideas about Inheritance and
Evolution. Studies in Science Education; 24: 29-47
Wood-Robinson C, Lewis J & Leach J (2000). Young people's understanding
of the nature of genetic information in the cells of an organism.
Journal of Biological Education; 35:29-36
Wood-Robinson C, Lewis J, Leach J and Driver R (1996). Genetics, the
School Curriculum, and the Public Understanding of Science. University
of Leeds, Learning in Science Research Group.
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Sent: 29 June 2009 14:35
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] Teaching genetics in the classroom
Dear all,
I am trying to gather evidence that genetics is a difficult subject to
communicate effectively in the normal classroom setting. Does anyone
know of any research that has been done in this rather specific area?
Anecdotal evidence could also be useful, or previously-funded projects
which have tried to address this issue.
Thanks in advance,
Annabel
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