The sociopolitical in human genetics education
Science
.
2024 Feb 23;383(6685):826-828.
doi: 10.1126/science.adi8227.
Epub 2024 Feb 22.
Authors
R G Duncan
1
,
R Krishnamoorthy
2
,
U Harms
3
,
M Haskel-Ittah
4
,
K Kampourakis
5
,
N Gericke
6
,
M Hammann
7
,
M Jimenez-Aleixandre
8
,
R H Nehm
9
,
M J Reiss
10
,
A Yarden
4
Affiliations
1
Department of Learning and Teaching, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
2
College of Education, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
3
Department of Biology Education, IPN-Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany.
4
Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
5
Department of Biology, Section of Biology and IUFE, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
6
Centre of Science, Mathematics, Engineering Education Research, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
7
Centre for Biology Education, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
8
Department of Applied Learning, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
9
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
10
Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, University College London, London, UK.
PMID:
38386737
DOI:
10.1126/science.adi8227
Abstract
Education must go beyond only countering essentialist and deterministic views of genetics.
MeSH terms
Human Genetics* / education
Humans
Politics*
Social Environment*