{"id":257,"date":"2019-03-28T20:56:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T00:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoocheck.com\/podcast\/?p=257"},"modified":"2020-11-30T15:10:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T20:10:24","slug":"classroom-dissection-lori-marino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocheck.com\/podcast\/classroom-dissection-lori-marino\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissection Part 1: Classroom Dissection – Impacts and Non-Animal Alternatives with Dr. Lori Marino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting with explanations of what dissection is exactly, Dr. Marino talks about routine dissections as something that is pervasive in our society and widely accepted as an inherent part of science education in most schools. She questions what kind of choices are given to kids, even at an early age; when they feel obliged to participate in the dissection of dead animals in order to succeed in their studies. She discusses what kind of impact this may have on them psychologically as well as on their future relationships with other animals, on top of the immediate negative impact of the dissection process on their education.<\/p>\n

Dr. Marino expresses her disappointment in relation to students that, even in graduate school, feel compelled to carry out dissections as part of their science degrees. She goes on to underscore the proved efficacy of animal-friendly alternatives to dissection \u2013 such as computer programs and digital simulations \u2013 and how research has actually found these alternatives to be superior teaching tools, both for younger high school students or older veterinary school students. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurts students. A lot of students really don\u2019t want to do dissection and vivisection and this kind of thing, and feel so pressured into it that it just makes them very upset, stressed, feeling like they don\u2019t have a choice. And they are told by schools and universities that if you want to be a scientist, you have to do this. And it is just not true. It\u2019s a whole process of desensitization so that by the time they get to college or graduate school, they should question nothing, and that\u2019s very very sad. That\u2019s letting our kids down.\u201d – Dr. Lori Marino.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This interview reveals that many schools will not only provide alternatives to dissection if asked, but in fact in certain U.S. states and countries like Canada, they are required to by law in order to protect students who don\u2019t want to dissect animals.<\/p>\n

Now you know!<\/p>\n

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