Conceptual Thinking

Ostrom, E. (2009). A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems. Science, 325(5939), 419–422. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1172133

A general framework is used to identify 10 subsystem variables that affect the likelihood of self-organization in efforts to achieve a sustainable social-ecological system.

Ostrom, E. (2009). A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems. Science, 325(5939), 419–422. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.1172133 Read More »

Wenseleers, T., Hart, A. G., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2004). When Resistance Is Useless: Policing and the Evolution of Reproductive Acquiescence in Insect Societies. The American Naturalist, 164(6), E154–E167. https://doi.org/10.1086/425223

Wenseleers, T., Hart, A. G., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2004). When Resistance Is Useless: Policing and the Evolution of Reproductive Acquiescence in Insect Societies. The American Naturalist, 164(6), E154–E167. https://doi.org/10.1086/425223 Read More »

Barnes, M. E., & Brownell, S. E. (2017). A call to use cultural competence when teaching evolution to religious college students: introducing religious cultural competence in evolution education (ReCCEE). CBE—Life Sciences Education, 16(4), es4.

In this essay, we describe a suite of culturally competent practices that can help instructors reduce students’ perceived conflict between evolution and religion, increase students’ acceptance of evolution, and help create more inclusive undergraduate biology classrooms.

Barnes, M. E., & Brownell, S. E. (2017). A call to use cultural competence when teaching evolution to religious college students: introducing religious cultural competence in evolution education (ReCCEE). CBE—Life Sciences Education, 16(4), es4. Read More »