Teaching Protistology

[David J. Patterson]

Mark

What is a cladistic point of view.

I have taught many courses on protozoa at many levels, and in many 
contexts.  all depends on how many lectures you have.

Most courses don't allow more than about 4 or 5, and at that level, I 
usually provide an evolutionary overview emphasizing the cytological 
innovations

then revert to adaptive 'types'

and then give a talk on each type with a small number of examples

david patterson


On 5 Jun 1994, Mark Johnson wrote:

> IF YOU TEACH OR HAVE TAUGHT PROTIST OR PROTOZOOLOGY COURSES:
> Did you teach a protozoan component in the protist course, artificially separat
> e from other protist phyla?  If so did you approach the taxonomy from a cladist
> ic point of view, and ecological/functional orientation, "artificial" taxonomic
>  groups such as "flagellates" and "sarcodynes", or some other way?  If you have
>  tried several approaches which did you find most easily understood by undergra
> duate students?
> 
>