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Uchenna, Emenaha – American Biology Teacher, 2022
High school students are very seldomly, if at all, taught that race is a social rather than biological construct, and this pedagogical omission has led to biological essentialism. Biological essentialism is the belief that race can be used in predictable ways to determine intellect and/or behavior. Biological essentialism can result in the belief…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Race, Stereotypes
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Stones, Alexis; Pearce, Jo; Reiss, Michael J.; Mujtaba, Tamjid – Religious Education, 2020
In England, both Religious Education (RE) and science are mandatory parts of the school curriculum throughout the 5-16 age range. Nevertheless, there remain concerns that, as in many countries, students do not have a good understanding about the scope of each subject nor about how the two subjects relate. This article reports on a study that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Religious Education, Science Education, Intervention
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Firooznia, Fardad – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
This writing-intensive, lab-based, nonmajor biology course explores scientific inquiry and biological concepts through specific topics illustrated or inaccurately depicted in works of science fiction. The laboratory emphasizes the scientific method and introduces several techniques used in biological research related to the works we study.…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Scientific Methodology, Biology, Interdisciplinary Approach