Bioethics Curriculum for High School

PI/PD:Jacqueline S. Miller, Ph.D., Mildred Z. Solomon, Ed.D.
Funder:U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Duration:2006 - 2009
CSE and the Center for Applied Ethics (CAE) are developing an NIH-supported supplemental curriculum in bioethics to be used in high school biology courses. An advisory team of ethicists, scientists, and teachers collaborated with EDC staff members to develop these instructional materials on topics of social importance in the life sciences. Topics include enhancements in sports, vaccinations, allocation of scarce resources, clinical trials, genetic testing, and modifying the natural world. The goal of these materials is to have students begin to develop skills related to thinking about ethics and to relate their learning in biology to real-life issues.
For more information, contact Jackie Miller at jsmiller@edc.org

Also, read a December 6, 2006, Education Week Teaching and Learning Update about this project.