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Direct linkSimonneaux, Laurence; Chouchane, Habib – Journal of Biological Education, 2011
We tried to determine the reasoning behind the stances taken by a group of 19-21-year-old students on the controversial issue of the feasibility and acceptability of human gene therapy. The students were in training at a biotechnology institute. We organised classroom debates, punctuated by phases of epistemological "disturbances". We…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Criticism, Genetics, Biotechnology
Peer reviewedSimonneaux, Laurence – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Students' conceptions about "microbes" tend to condition their understanding of biotechnology. Explores connections between the status given to diseases, a hygiene-oriented culture, layman's versus school knowledge, personal experience, socio-cultural mediation, linguistic confusions, and students' conceptions. (Contains 21 references.)…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context
