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Why dissection? : animal use in education / Lynette A. Hart, Mary W. Wood, and Benjamin L. Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hart, Lynette A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal experimentation--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Animal experimentation.
- Biology--Study and teaching.
- Biology.
- Laboratory animals.
- Dissection.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313323904
- 0313323909
- OCLC:
- 173640822
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