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- Title
ENTOMOLOGICAL TERTIARY EDUCATION IN QUEENSLAND AND AUSTRALIA.
- Authors
MERRITT, DAVID J.
- Abstract
Since 1974, the number of entomology-specific courses or subjects available at Australian universities, including the University of Queensland, has plummeted. Today, discussion of the status of tertiary-level entomological education tends to be a lament, as older entomologists view with appreciation the depth and diversity of their own educational experiences. I will attempt to contextualise the university-level changes and examine ways of ensuring entomological education continues to move forward. Undergraduate education is unlikely to go back to the comprehensive practical skills basis that was prevalent in the late 1900s: such skills will be obtained in higher degree research or in employment. We need to acknowledge that education is becoming more about helping students manage and contextualise information than it is about lecturing to them.
- Subjects
QUEENSLAND; POSTSECONDARY education; UNIVERSITY of Queensland; DIVERSITY in education; UNDERGRADUATE education; CONTINUING education; ENTOMOLOGISTS
- Publication
Australian Entomologist, 2023, Vol 50, Issue part3, p179
- ISSN
1320-6133
- Publication type
Article