Lessons on thinking about Bioethics with high school students

Lessons on thinking about Bioethics with high school students Naoki Shiraishi Tokyo metropolitan Sumidagawa high school (biology)

Class flow some basicbackground knowledge on the blackboard Report as soon as possible (10min) Opinion time 10min. Watch 2nd half VTR about 35 minutes 10 min.break Questions

Curriculum

Your name • Brain death • What is living? -. • After watching the video "Life and transplantation". Please fill in the gaps: • 1 Heart death • ① ( ) stops. • ② ( ) breath isn't made • ③ ( ) is wide open (It doesn't close even if light is shone). • The appearance of the medical equipment ( ) appearance: (① and ②are recovered) • 2 Brain death (Five Judgment standards) • ( ) • ( ) • ( ) • ( ) • ( ) • These five continue for more than ( ) hours • 3 Do you think that the brain death is the death of the person? • 1 When you become brain dead YES NO* １ • 2 In the case where the person (e.g. family) who is important to you becomes brain dead • ① When the very person admits brain death as one’s deathYES NO* 2 • ② When the will of the very person is unknownYES NO* 3 • 4 Your impression • (How do you think about deciding brain death by the law as the death of the person)?

“Hensa-chi” :popular high school ranking in Japan 50 means average A B C Higher passing mark

Acceptance of brain death(Y) & Hensa-chi(X)of3 high schools B A C

Fill in the gaps, and think who is parents. What is Parents? （　　　　　　） name

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Lessons on thinking about Bioethics with high school students