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Biotech: Not Just For Geeks, Fred D. Ledley
Biotech: Not Just For Geeks, Fred D. Ledley
Science and Industry
Business students get high marks for scientific literacy
Representation Of Industry In Introductory Biology Textbooks: A Missed Opportunity To Advance Stem Learning, Sharotka M. Simon, Helen Meldrum, Eric Ndung'u, Fred D. Ledley
Representation Of Industry In Introductory Biology Textbooks: A Missed Opportunity To Advance Stem Learning, Sharotka M. Simon, Helen Meldrum, Eric Ndung'u, Fred D. Ledley
Natural & Applied Sciences Faculty Publications
The majority of students who enroll in undergraduate biology courses will eventually be employed in non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) business occupations. This work explores how representations of industry in undergraduate biology textbooks could impact STEM learning for these students and their ability to apply this learning in their chosen work. We used text analysis to identify passages with references to industry in 29 textbooks. Each passage was categorized for relevance to health or environment, for implied positive or negative connotations, and for descriptions of synergy or conflict between science and industry. We found few passages describing applications of …