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SCST: Two Cultures? Pfui! On Complementarity in Science and Humanities Teaching

In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. This month's issue covers the SCST definition of scholarship in college science teaching that advances the concept that the teaching ...

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Illustrating the Role of Latex Gloves as Barriers to Bacterial and Viral Pathogens: Teaching the Fundamental Concept of Infection Control in Future Health Care Workers

Adequate instruction in glove use is an essential component of medical and allied health education. Students are instructed in practical aspects of glove use during clinical training but laboratory demonstrations of latex as a barrier to disease tran...

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Using Cooperative Learning to Introduce Undergraduates to Professional Literature: Assembling the "Jigsaw" Pieces in the Field of Environmental Communication

The field of environmental communication focuses on how multidisciplinary science, natural resource management, and environmental policy are communicated to different audiences. This activity uses the "jigsaw" approach as the form of cooperative lear...

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Dialogues as Case Studies—A Discussion on Human Cloning: Creating Drama and Controversy in the Science Classroom

Dialogues are recorded conversations between two or more people, and as an educational device the use of dialogues has been sporadic. This article, to illustrate the several uses of dialogues, includes a dialogue assignment the author gave to a gener...