title: Putting humanity back into the teaching of human biology.
abstract: In this paper, I draw upon debates about race in biology and philosophy as well as the concepts of ineliminable pluralism and psychological essentialism to outline the necessary subject matter knowledge that teachers should possess if they desire to: (i) increase student understanding of scientific research on genetic and behavioral variation in humans; and (ii) attenuate inegalitarian beliefs about race amongst students.
authors.affiliation: Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: bdonovan79@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Donovan
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D001695:Biology / Q000193:education*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D044469:Racial Groups
keywords: Biology education; Essentialism; Genetics; Race