William V. Mayer
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William V. Mayer (March 25, 1920 – June 30, 1989) was an American educator.[http://abt.ucpress.edu/content/51/6/332 William V. Mayer] obituary, The American Biology Teacher, vol 51, no 6, September 1989
Career
He got his A.B. in zoology from the University of California and his Ph.D. in biology at Stanford University.
During his long teaching career he taught at Stanford University, Wayne State University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was a member of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) from 1966 to 1989 and served as its president in 1967.[https://bscs.org/sites/default/files/_media/community/downloads/NABT_75_gala_carlson2.pdf BSCS Executive Directors] Bill Mayer: 2nd Director of BSCS 1965-1982, NABT President 1967
Mayer's central interest was education reform and he worked for national coordination of goals in the teaching of biology.[https://doi.org/10.1086/415145 Biology Education in the United States During the Twentieth Century] The Quarterly Review of Biology 61, no. 4 (Dec., 1986): 481-507 From 1965 to 1982 he was director of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). While at BSCS he frequently clashed with creationists in his campaign to promote excellence and integrity in science education.[https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/411162 review by Kenneth D. Laser] of Biology Teachers' Handbook. Biological Sciences Curriculum Study The Quarterly Review of Biology, vol 54, no 2, June 1979 In 1981 he served as a consultant and witness in the landmark Arkansas creation case McLean v. Arkansas.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20021002092217/http://www.antievolution.org/projects/mclean/new_site/index.htm McLean v. Arkansas Documentation Project: Dr. William Vernon Mayer]}}
Mayer was a member of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and in April 2011 CSI honored him by including him in its newly created Pantheon of Skeptics.[https://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics William V. Mayer biologist] CSI: The Pantheon of Skeptics
He was the editor of Bookwatch Reviews published by the National Center for Science Education.
Works
- 1973: [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00219266.1973.9653880 The Vicious Circle] Journal of Biological Education, vol 7, issue 5, 1973, pp. 29–32
- 1978: [https://books.google.com/books/about/Biology_teacher_s_handbook.html?id=MNoPAQAAMAAJ Biology teacher's handbook] Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Wiley, October, 1978, {{ISBN|0471019453}}
- 1985: [https://www.amazon.com/Biological-Science-Molecular-Approach-Version/dp/0669067695 Biological Science: A Molecular Approach] by William V. Mayer, Don E. Meyer & Richard R. Tolman, D C Heath & Co, November 1985, {{ISBN|0669067695}}
- 1988: [https://doi.org/10.2307/1310954 Reading beyond the textbook: Great books of biology], with Jack L. Carter, BioScience, vol 38, no 7, August 1, 1988, pp. 490–492,
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