A Historical Perspective on Problems in Botany Teaching

A Historical Perspective on Problems in Botany Teaching

Discusses how the many problems in botany teaching are interrelated and most have existed since at least the early 1900s. Considers botany teaching at both the precollege and introductory college levels. Discusses botany neglect in biology teaching, botanical illiteracy, uninteresting or irrelevant...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American biology teacher 1996-09, Vol.58 (6), p.340-347
1. Verfasser: Hershey, David R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biology
Botany
College instruction
Curricula
Educational Strategies
Federal aid to research
Government aid to research
High schools
Higher Education
Influence
Introductory Courses
Literature
Mathematics education
Plants
Plants (Botany)
Public opinion
Science education
Science Education History
Science teachers
Secondary Education
Secondary school mathematics
Teaching Methods
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Zusammenfassung:Discusses how the many problems in botany teaching are interrelated and most have existed since at least the early 1900s. Considers botany teaching at both the precollege and introductory college levels. Discusses botany neglect in biology teaching, botanical illiteracy, uninteresting or irrelevant botany teaching, zoochauvinism, research chauvinism, and weaknesses of botany teaching literature. Contains 52 references. (JRH)
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211
DOI:10.2307/4450174