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Conflict Resolution And Anger Management, Lori M. Kling
Conflict Resolution And Anger Management, Lori M. Kling
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
An applied project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Education Specialist at Morehead State University by Lori M. Kling on September 11, 2000.
The Use Of Animals In Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, & Recommendations, Jonathan Balcombe
The Use Of Animals In Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, & Recommendations, Jonathan Balcombe
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Despite recent advances in technology and increasing societal concern for animals, animals continue to be exploited and killed in large numbers so that students can learn about their structure and function. Dissection may not be without its merits from an educational standpoint, if well implemented, but it appears from student surveys that it usually is not. When one considers the associated costs—animal suffering and death in the supply trade, disruption of wild animal populations, messages that tend to undermine rather than reinforce respect for life and concern for others, rising costs of animal carcasses (as compared with alternatives with longer …
Fetal Pig: The High School Dissection Experience, Gracia Barr, Harold A. Herzog
Fetal Pig: The High School Dissection Experience, Gracia Barr, Harold A. Herzog
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Using qualitative methods, we observed a series of fetal pig dissection sessions in a high school biology course and interviewed 17 students in the class. The students' responses to dissection varied considerably. Most felt that dissection was a positive experience, but a substantial minority viewed it primarily in negative terms. Almost all the students had some ambivalence about aspects of the fetal pig lab and believed that alternatives should be provided for students who object to the practice. We argue that dissection remains a viable educational tool but should be an optional rather than compulsory component of the curriculum.