The
Minnesota Model
Minnesota’s Biotechnology
Education Model
Seth Naeve
Overview of our model
Quintessential example of the
uncoordinated
effort.
Why not?
Biotechnology Education requires
A
HUGE
multidisciplinary team
Examples of
Events Programs
K
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12 science
teacher education
Science Center
University of
Minnesota
Food Science /
Consumer
education
Producer education
Extension
Educator training
GMO’s
Conference
“Biotechnology and Genomics
Extension Conference”
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April 3
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5, 2000
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Leland Hardman
Strengths
Laid a basic framework for understanding
the technology and its implications
Introduced educators to a diverse set of
individuals and viewpoints
Governing GMO’s
--
Developing Policy in the Face of
Scientific & Public Debate
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February 1, 2001
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University of Minnesota
http://www.conferences.umn.edu/mn/policy/
K
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12 Teacher Education
Minnesota Science Center
Microbiology Curriculum
Enhancement Institute
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August 14
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18, 2000
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Susan Flemming
Response
“Outstanding!”
The Waksman Foundation
for Microbiology
What worked
Entirely
“hands on”
What worked
Field trips
BCI
Virology Lab
“Investigations
of Heredity and Energy”
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June 19
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29, 2000
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U of M and the Dept. of Agronomy
and Plant Genetics
Mary Brakke
Investigations of
Heredity and Energy
Other strengths
Networking!
Teacher Faculty
Faculty Teacher
Student Recruitment
Consumer/Food Science
Education
Bill Schafer
Staff Development
Extension Educators
Secondary Educators
School food service employees
Producer
Education
Producer Education
Educational efforts
Basic production information
Economic analysis
Producer Education
Educational efforts
Basic production information
Economic analysis
Biology of Biotechnology
Producer Education
Educational efforts
Basic production information
Economic analysis
Biology of Biotechnology
Consumers and Consumerism
Although producers are themselves,
consumers
–
they are not a representative
sample of consumers as a whole.
Most do not understand
how
consumers
make choices
Challenges
in Biotech Education
Challenges
Keeping Pace
October 6, 2000
$58 Million Race Is On to Decode Mouse Genome
by February
By NICHOLAS WADE
ith the work on the human genome essentially complete, the
National Institutes of Health and others said today that they
would spend $58 million to decode the genome of the mouse by
February.
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Challenges
There is not enough data on risk
Food and nutrition
Ecology
Economics
Challenges
There is
never
enough data about
risk
Challenges
Breadth of the issues and scope of
the debate (multiple hat syndrome)
Biology
Economics
Agricultural
-
engineering
Food science
Law
Bioethics
Sociology
Agronomy
Ecology
Etc…
Etc…
Etc..
Challenges
We are all in the middle
Where to play within the field?
Are we “champions of the technology”?
-
or
-
Cautious skeptics
Challenges
Our broad audience
Producers
Consumers
Fellow scientists
Biotech industry
Regulators
Those opposed to
biotechnology?
We need to educate our
audiences about each other
Producers
Consumers
Fellow scientists
Biotech industry
Regulators
Those opposed to
biotechnology?
The Beauty of Biotech
Education
It allows for so many “Educational
moments”
Biotechnology can be the perfect
platform for launching
“important” debates
Thank you
Seth Naeve
snaeve@extension.umn.edu
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