Scientific Process and Social Issues in Biology Education

• Main Authors: Allen, Garland E. (Author), Baker, Jeffrey J.W (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Texts in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; History.; Biology > Philosophy.; Science education.; Science Education.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Biology.

This book complements fact-drive textbooks in introductory biology courses, or courses in biology and society, by focusing on several important points: (1) Biology as a process of doing science, emphasizing how we know what we know. (2) It stresses the role of science as a social as well as intellec...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Biology as a Process of Inquiry
• Chapter 2 The Nature and the Logic of Science
• Chapter 3 The Nature and Logic of Science: Testing Hypotheses
• Chapter 4 Doing Biology: Three Case Studies
• Chapter 5 The Social Context of Science: The Interaction of Science and Society.