Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course
Deliberative pedagogy encourages productive science communication and learning through engagement and discussion of socio-scientific issues (SSI). This article examines a two-day deliberation module on gene editing that took place in an introductory nonmajors biology course, furthering research on i...
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| author | Sara A. Mehltretter Drury Anne Gibson Bost Laura M. Wysocki Amanda L. Ingram |
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| description | Deliberative pedagogy encourages productive science communication and learning through engagement and discussion of socio-scientific issues (SSI). This article examines a two-day deliberation module on gene editing that took place in an introductory nonmajors biology course, furthering research on integrating deliberative discussion into the biology classroom. The results demonstrate the benefits of a single, episodic deliberation in the classroom, which can positively encourage active discussion and critical awareness of connections between biology and real-world issues, thus contributing to the development of scientific citizenship. Additionally, the findings show that gene editing is an apt SSI topic for the deliberative process because it encourages productive communication practices of scientific citizenship, including discussion, perspective taking, questioning, and consideration of different types of evidence when coming to a decision. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d93328d37174aadab2e4986f08d44742022-12-21T19:23:56ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologyJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education1935-78771935-78852018-03-0119110.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1494Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology CourseSara A. Mehltretter Drury0Anne Gibson Bost1Laura M. Wysocki2Amanda L. Ingram3Wabash College Department of Rhetoric, Crawfordsville, IN 47933Wabash College Department of Biology, Crawfordsville, IN 47933Wabash College Department of Chemistry, Crawfordsville, IN 47933Wabash College Department of Biology, Crawfordsville, IN 47933Deliberative pedagogy encourages productive science communication and learning through engagement and discussion of socio-scientific issues (SSI). This article examines a two-day deliberation module on gene editing that took place in an introductory nonmajors biology course, furthering research on integrating deliberative discussion into the biology classroom. The results demonstrate the benefits of a single, episodic deliberation in the classroom, which can positively encourage active discussion and critical awareness of connections between biology and real-world issues, thus contributing to the development of scientific citizenship. Additionally, the findings show that gene editing is an apt SSI topic for the deliberative process because it encourages productive communication practices of scientific citizenship, including discussion, perspective taking, questioning, and consideration of different types of evidence when coming to a decision.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1494 |
| spellingShingle | Sara A. Mehltretter Drury Anne Gibson Bost Laura M. Wysocki Amanda L. Ingram Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
| title | Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course |
| title_full | Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course |
| title_fullStr | Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course |
| title_short | Encouraging Science Communication through Deliberative Pedagogy: A Study of a Gene Editing Deliberation in a Nonmajors Biology Course |
| title_sort | encouraging science communication through deliberative pedagogy a study of a gene editing deliberation in a nonmajors biology course |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1494 |
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