Antibiotics in livestock: introducing in-service teachers to the nature of contemporary socio-scientific controversies

By Eleni A. Kyza, Yiannis Georgiou, Andreas Hadjichambis, Andria Agesilaou

Issue 371 | Page 53 | Published Dec 2018

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An experiential activity organised around a contemporary socio-scientific controversy about the use of antibiotics in livestock that can be used as an introduction to socio-scientific controversies.

Ethics
antibiotics
socio-scientific issues

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