KSN Volume 36 Number 3 February 1990 (Reprint of 1991 issue) ISSN: 0022-877X ABOUT THIS ISSUE - about KSN - about the author IN THIS ISSUE - introduction - "arguments" voiced by opponents of dissection - will you have a 'Jenifer'? - general strategies - guidelines for good dissections - the "hammer test" - wherein lies "meaning"? - sensory scale - developing students' powers of observation - vivisection - shortcomings of "alternatives" - palpation - the modern muscle misconception - a case for reality - the text and the lab - lysenko - the case against abstractions - student blood labs - what is wrong with the NABT polcy on dissection? - consequences of eliminating the real experience base - summary - further reading - read this - it concerns your future This page was last modified: November 8, 2003 3:31 PM Originally posted: March 19, 2003
Dissection by John Richard Schrock
Summary Dissection is the only way to: Provide meaning to communications about anatomy, physiology, and health. Demonstrate the importance of confirming all science assertions in reality. Prevent "Lysenkoism," where social philosophies distort our models of reality. Expose new questions and short-comings in the current incomplete view. Provide metaphors from nature that serve to help us understand other phenomena.
Summary
Dissection is the only way to: Provide meaning to communications about anatomy, physiology, and health. Demonstrate the importance of confirming all science assertions in reality. Prevent "Lysenkoism," where social philosophies distort our models of reality. Expose new questions and short-comings in the current incomplete view. Provide metaphors from nature that serve to help us understand other phenomena.
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