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THE ALTERNATIVES TO DISSECTION RESOURCE KIT by Amanda Milligan-Richard; SAFE, 1996; 94 pp; $10.00 from SAFE, PO Box 13-366, Christchurch

Reviewed by Janet Holder

There are increasing numbers of students today who decline to take part in dissections, often for good ethical reasons. Because of this, and also because it is now much more difficult and costly to obtain appropriate and safe specimens for dissection in the classroom, teachers are increasingly looking to alternatives.

This classroom practitioner's resource is a valuable addition in that it does not simply look at the moral dilemma of dissection, but also presents information from a study comparing the achievement of students who used traditional dissection with those of students who learnt using alternative strategies. It then not only lists alternatives, but also sources of many of these, together with information on the resources and the costs of buying them. It is this information collated in one resource that makes this a useful tool for teachers.

Janet Holder is HOD Science at Hillmorton High School in Christchurch.