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'Radick uses counterfactual history to perform an experiment. He outlines a curriculum for an introductory biology class that does not begin and end with Mendelian inheritance, but instead emphasizes developmental contexts. Students who took this class — Radick ran the experiment at the University of Leeds, UK — came away with a less gene-centred and a more enquiring approach to biology than did those who took a more Mendel-focused course (A. Jamieson & G. Radick Sci. Educ. 26, 1261–1290; 2017).'
@cyrilpedia And quantgen, which I love to teach (and think is all about variation when understood correctly), was developed and championed by some of the worst genetic determinists to ever do science. :(
@cyrilpedia Not arguing against you or the research in question, but I can't help but notice that the favourite solution of anti-determinists is to not teach genetics but developmental biology instead. Sure, but what if the students actually need transmission genetics? :/