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Janice Lapsansky, a Lecturer in the Biology Department, embeds a laboratory assignment on bioethics in her introductory biology course. This assignment, which comes at the end of the course, enables students to use the small-group lab relationships they have built over the course of the quarter to argue both sides of bioethical dilemmas. This approach makes the course more meaningful to students, as they see how biology can be applied to issues that arise in their everyday lives.
Select the link to the Portfolio to read about her teaching strategies in her own words. To see how she infuses critical thinking into her course, select the link to Institutional Goals.
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