Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
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[NT 15000414]: |
179/.4 |
Title/Author: |
Why dissection? : animal use in education // Lynette A. Hart, Mary W. Wood, and Benjamin L. Hart. |
Author: |
Hart, Lynette A. |
other author: |
Wood, Mary W. |
Published: |
Westport, Conn. : : Greenwood Press,, 2008. |
Description: |
xii, 225 p. : : ill. ;; 27 cm. |
Subject: |
Animal experimentation - Moral and ethical aspects. |
Subject: |
Biology - Study and teaching. |
Subject: |
Laboratory animals. |
Subject: |
Dissection. |
ISBN: |
0313351503 (e-Book) |
ISBN: |
9780313351501 (e-Book) |
ISBN: |
0313323909 (alk. paper) |
ISBN: |
9780313323904 (alk. paper) |
[NT 15000227]: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and index. |
[NT 15000228]: |
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. |
Online resource: |
An electronic book in the ABC-CLIO eBooks Online database, accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information. |