ヒトゲノム学教育は人種差別を減らすことができる
Brian M Donovan1, Monica Weindling1, Jamie Amemiya2
1BSCS Science Learning, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
まとめ
遺伝学教育は メンデルの遺伝を 超える必要があります このアプローチは,遺伝に関する時代遅れでエッセンシャル主義的な見解と対抗し,生物学的遺伝に関するより微妙な理解を促進します.
科学分野:
- 遺伝子 と 遺伝
- 進化生物学
- 発達生物学
背景:
- 伝統的遺伝学は メンデルの概念を用いて 遺伝を過度に単純化しています
- 固有の特徴を示唆する 遺伝に関するエッセンシャル主義的な見解は 広く普及しており 科学的に不正確です
- 生物学的遺伝の複雑さを正確に表すために,より広い視野が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- メンデルの遺伝学を超えた 遺伝学教育における 指導的変化を提唱する
- 遺伝に関する不正確で本質的な見方を 解決し 修正する
- 遺伝的原理のより包括的な理解を促進する.
主な方法:
- 現在の遺伝学カリキュラムと共通の教育方法のレビュー
- 生物学におけるエッセンシャル主義観の歴史的・哲学的基盤を分析する.
- 教育統合のための近代的な遺伝概念 (表遺伝学,多遺伝子遺伝,遺伝子環境相互作用) の合成.
主要な成果:
- メンデルの遺伝学だけでは 不完全で誤解を招く可能性のある 遺伝に関する枠組みを提供する.
- 簡素化されたメンデルのモデルへの過度な依存によって,エッセンシャル主義的な見解は永続化される.
- より広範な遺伝的概念を統合することで より正確で洗練された学生の理解を促すことができます
結論:
- 遺伝学教育は メンデルを超えて 生物学的複雑性を正確に反映しなければなりません
- メンデルの枠組みを超越することは 不正確でエッセンシャル主義的な遺伝観を 解体するために不可欠です
- 遺伝学教育の近代化は 科学的識字に不可欠です
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