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Are Insects Disappearing from your Biology Textbook?
FromLab Out Loud
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31 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Are you noticing less insects in your biology textbook? You're not alone. Jennifer Landin, with student and co-author Kiran Gangwani, recently decided to quantify the coverage of insects in college-level introductory biology textbooks over time. By exploring the coverage of insect diversity concepts, the visual representation of insects, and conducting a text analysis of keywords, they discovered a significant decline in biology textbook content dedicated to insects, along with an increasingly neutral tone in addressing the animal kingdom's largest group. Jennifer joins Lab Out Loud to discuss her research, how it mirrors the decline of natural history in education, and the implications that taxonomic bias might have on our understanding of ecosystems and human society. Show notes: https://laboutloud.com/2019/01/episode-199-disappearing-insects/
Released:
Jan 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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