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How Many Times Can You Be Wrong and Still Be Right? T. H. Morgan, Evolution, Chromosomes and the Origins of Modern Genetics (2015)

Allen, Garland E. (Author)

Science and Education
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Pages: 77-99

URI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-013-9664-8

DOI: 10.1007/s11191-013-9664-8

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Science education and teaching Textbooks Chromosomes Embryology Evolution Genetics 20th century Morgan, Thomas Hunt

Science textbooks and classes mostly emphasize what are considered by today’s standards the “right” or “correct” interpretations of particular phenomena or processes. When “incorrect” ideas of the past are mentioned at all, it is simply to point out their errors, with little attention as to why the ideas were put forward in the first place, or ever gained a following. A strong case can be made, however, for presenting contrasting or even what are considered today “wrong” hypotheses as a way of not only emphasizing the dynamic nature of science (which is punctuated throughout by controversies and contrasting views), but also as a way of helping students better understand the details and workings of contemporary views. This article will illustrate these claims by examining the work of embryologist-turned-geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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