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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge. View all posts by Keith

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      • unethical treatments
      • vivisection
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      • randomisation
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    • personification
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      • hyperbole
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    • publishing ethics
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