Jim:
Since I address "biology" rather than "plant biology" in my teaching, I
interpret your comments about a text for macro--->micro as a biology
text, not plant biology. Assuming this, I'd like to suggest that a reader
in this newsgroup who considers her/himself experienced in teaching and
using the macro--->micro approach publish by electronic means an outline
of a biology course. This could serve four purposes, (1) focus
discussion, (2) stimulate others to use the approach, (3) attract someone
to authorship, (4) provide an outline for the prospective author to flesh
out into a text. Consideration should be given to the target institution
(suggest 4-year college and university), and students (suggest biology
majors). The electronic means I think would work best is a website with
the address announced in this newsgroup and others. [If you meant a plant
biology text, the above suggestion still applies I think.]
Bob
Robert C. Hodson
Department of Biology
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302)831-8440
On 5 Feb 1997, Jim Perry wrote:
> As was pointed out a week or so ago, there are no text books that take the
> macro-micro approach. From my informal score-keeping of people who have
> replied on this subject, there does seem to be sufficiently strong
> iinterest in macro -----> micro that a text should be developed for that.
> Regardless of what we might think, students, I believe, get nervous over
> starting in the back of a book and working forward.
>> I propose we use this marvelous electronic means of communicating with
> plant biology educators around the world as a mechanism to conduct a survey
> that could be presented to a publisher, encouraging that such a book be
> written. Alternatively, I suppose we could produce a book on the WEB with
> multiple authors, but I believe we are not ready to give up the printed
> page yet. Nor am I in a position to write the book (maybe after I'm tossed
> out of the dean's office back to where I belong ...)
>> Before I suggest that I collect 10 zillion e-mails (I would hope we would
> get a response of significant size), I'm wondering if some of our more
> technologically adept plant -eders (Ross or Jon or ?) might be able to
> figure a way out to do this more efficiently.
>> Respones?
>> Jim Perry
>> James W. Perry, Ph.D.
> Campus Dean
> Associate Professor of Biological Sceinces
> University of Wisconsin - Fox Valley
> 1478 Midway Road
> Menasha, Wisconsin 54952-8002
> 414.823.2610 (voice)
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>jperry at uwc.edu>>>
