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History in the Education of Scientists: Encouraging Judgment and Social Action (2020)

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The authors of this essay reflect on the experience of co-teaching a course on the history of genetics and race. The collaboration has pushed them both—a historian of science and a biologist—to consider how to make space for moral and scientific judgment in a history classroom. Drawing on examples from the course, they argue that it is possible to encourage social action and thoughtful critiques of past and current science without succumbing to a whiggish narrative of progress.

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Authors & Contributors
Dennis, David Brandon
Pisano, Jessica M.
Williams, Cody Tyler
Rispoli, Giulia
Merchant, Paul
Larry Au
Concepts
History as a discipline; chronology; study of the past
History of science, as a discipline
Genetics
Science education and teaching
Science and race
Teaching; pedagogy
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Moscow (Russia)
Russia
Germany
China
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