Science 5-16: The brave new world?

Teaching biology: Time to evolve a new style?

“…They would not have to remember a large body of facts but would still be capable of applying biological knowledge gained dur ing their course of study. Biology in schools might then move some way toward being the rigorous scientific discipline called for by Barker and Hardie (1985) rather than the descriptive, soft option which they consider it now to be.…”