Michael J. Dougherty
Closing the Gap: Inverting the Genetics Curriculum to Ensure an Informed Public
American Society of Human Genetics
past 20 years focus national efforts improve k12 science education ranged curriculum professional development teachers adoption science standards highstakes testing spite work students united states continue lag behind peers countries underperformance true genetics well science math general particularly worrisome given accelerating need scientists engineers increasingly technologydriven economy scientifically literate public essential citizens engage effectively policymakers issues scientific importance perhaps nowhere conjunction personally meaningful human genetics medicine rapid changes field potential revolutionize healthcare public ill prepared participate transformation one potential solution modernize genetics curriculum matches science 21st century paper highlights changes human genetics support curricular reorganization outlines problems current genetics instruction proposes new genetics curriculum