Hart, Lynette A.

Why dissection? animal use in education / [electronic resource] : Lynette A. Hart, Mary W. Wood, and Benjamin L. Hart. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. - xii, 225 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index.

Today's biology classroom crisis -- Early history of dissection: controversy and advances -- Controversy in the development of science education and dissection -- The context for dissection: educational testing -- National versus state educational standards: whither dissection? -- Legislation and regulations related to using animals and dissection in teaching -- Empowering teachers to find substitutes for dissection -- Students and the culture of dissection -- The animals used in teaching -- New teaching resources in the computer age -- Locating teaching resources and research literature on alternatives.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Animal experimentation--Moral and ethical aspects.
Biology--Study and teaching.
Laboratory animals.
Dissection.


Electronic books.

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