Teaching genetics: Past, present, and future

Published: 2016

Author(s):

Smith, Michelle

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Publication Name: Genetics

Publication URL: https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.187138

Research Area:

Biology and Ecology

Abstract:

Genetics teaching at the undergraduate level has changed in many ways over the past century. Compared to those of 100 years ago, contemporary genetics courses are broader in content and are taught increasingly differently, using instructional techniques based on educational research and constructed around the principles of active learning and backward design. Future courses can benefit from wider adoption of these approaches, more emphasis on the practice of genetics as a science, and new methods of assessing student learning.

Smith, M. K., & Wood, W. B. (2016). Teaching genetics: Past, present, and future. Genetics, 204(1), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.187138