Toxicology for Nonscience Majors Using TV

A Brooklyn College (New York) science course for nonmajors includes a unit on drugs and poisons using material from television news, investigative reporting, and fictional series. The films make some of the more abstract course material palatable and interesting, and enhances awareness of the hazard...

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Published inCollege teaching Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 100 - 104
Main Author Labianca, Dominick A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.11.1991
Heldref Publications
Subjects
Anticholinergics
Atropine
Audiovisual Aids
Chemical hazards
City University of New York Brooklyn College
Classroom Techniques
Cocaine
College Science
Commercial Television
Higher Education
Math and Science
Methamphetamine
Movies
Nonmajors
Nonscience
Pharmacology
Poisons
Science Instruction
Toxicology
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Summary:A Brooklyn College (New York) science course for nonmajors includes a unit on drugs and poisons using material from television news, investigative reporting, and fictional series. The films make some of the more abstract course material palatable and interesting, and enhances awareness of the hazards and benefits of chemicals. (MSE)
ISSN:8756-7555
1930-8299
DOI:10.1080/87567555.1991.10532437