Neuroscience 2001 Abstract
| Presentation Number: | 23.25 |
|---|---|
| Abstract Title: | BIOETHICS AND NEUROSCIENCE: AN ENRICHMENT COURSE FOR GIFTED 7TH GRADERS. |
| Authors: |
Aravich, P. F.*1
1Div. Anatomy & Glennan Center for Geriatrics & Gerontology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA |
| Primary Theme and Topics |
Other - Teaching of Neuroscience |
| Session: |
23. Other: teaching of neuroscience Poster |
| Presentation Time: | Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:00 AM-9:00 AM |
| Location: | Exhibit Hall BBB-70 |
| Keywords: | DRUG ABUSE, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, PAIN, BICYCLE HELMET |
Effective teaching requires integration across disciplines. This abstract reports an after school enrichment course for gifted 7th graders that used biomedical ethics to teach neuroscience and neuroscience to teach biomedical ethics. All materials were web-based. They included bioethical resources from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics site at Georgetown University (www.georgetown.edu/research/kie/) and neuroscience educational resources from the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) site, including links from the Education Resources page of the SFN Committee on Neuroscience Literacy (www.sfn.org/cnl/cnleduc.html). Ten cases were developed: tobacco and the brain, a persistent vegetative state, a heart transplant in a chronic alcoholic, animal brain research, human brain research, pain in a cancer patient near death, the financial costs of Alzheimer’s disease, ethical issues with organ/body donations, traumatic brain injury in a child without a bicycle helmet, and a genetically engineered smart mouse. For each case, the class was divided into two teams: a neuroscience team to research the neuroscience issues related to the case and an ethics team to research the bioethical issues related to the case; the teams rotated on a weekly basis. The instructor used small group facilitation techniques along with human brain and organ displays. Outcome data suggested that this is a highly effective way to teach both neuroscience and bioethics in the public school setting.
Sample Citation:
[Authors]. [Abstract Title]. Program No. XXX.XX. 2001 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2001. Online.
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