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Pathways to Scientific Teaching, Chapter 2b of 7: Marine pathology: revealing the ocean’s etiology to earthbound students

Students, especially those from the inland parts of a country, tend to have a “terrestrial-centric” view of Earth. For some, exploration of marine ecosystems may occur only during holidays or while watching the Discovery channel. The idea that oceans have pathogens that cause devastating diseases in a variety of organisms is
less familiar to students than human diseases and medical treatments. Harvell et al. [attached] provide an excellent resource to help students bridge familiar topics in science with the unfamiliar. This review points out how little we know about diseases in the ocean and exemplifies the nature of science by discussing the process of investigating complex questions and showing that a lot of information is uncertain and awaits further exploration. Here we present a way to use this reading for a single class meeting, but this segment of instruction does not stand alone. It would fit well after a section on disease, viruses, immunology, or biogeochemical cycles.
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Resource Group "Pathways to Scientific Teaching" is based on a series of two-page articles published in "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment" from August 2004 to June 2006 that illustrated effective instructional methods to help students gain conceptual understanding in ecology (Diane Ebert-May and Janet Hodder, 2008).

This installment of the Pathways to Scientific Teaching series describes one or more instructional strategies that use scientific papers to teach selected concepts. While specific journal articles are used in demonstrating these strategies, we would like to emphasize that each activity in the Pathways series has been designed for use with any scientific article on a similar topic, and not just the example shown here.

Note that in addition to undergraduate faculty, many high school teachers can use these articles as well in their biology courses.
Resource Group Link http://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=AdvancedSearch&Q=Y&FK=%22Pathways+to+...
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Keywords marine disease, pathology, disease, pathogen
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Pedagogical Use Description We again use the learning cycle to provide students with opportunities to interactively engage with the material to construct better understanding (BSCS 1993; Bransford et al. 1999; Ebert-May et al. 2004).

This installment of the Pathways to Scientific Teaching series describes one or more instructional strategies that use scientific papers to teach selected concepts. While specific journal articles are used in demonstrating these strategies, we would like to emphasize that each activity in the Pathways series has been designed for use with any scientific article on a similar topic, and not just the example shown here.

Note that in addition to undergraduate faculty, many high school teachers can use these articles as well in their biology courses.
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Full Name of Primary Author Diane Ebert-May
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Primary Author Affiliation Michigan State University
Primary Author email ebertmay@msu.edu
Secondary Author Name(s) Janet Hodder 1, Kathy Williams 3 and Doug Luckie 2
Secondary Author Affiliation(s) 1 University of Oregon, 2 Michigan State University, and 3 San Diego State University
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  • Celia
Rights Copyright 2008, the Ecological Society of America
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Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection Off
Big Data Collection Off
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Date Of Record Submission 2011-12-02
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use No
Date Of Record Release 2012-03-05 11:39:53
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  • mcmilla
Date Last Modified 2013-05-23 10:24:03
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