Can I get directions to my kidneys please?: Social interactions as a source of knowledge of internal anatomy

Abstract

This dialog occurred during a classmate interview between two pre-service science teachers talking about the internal anatomy of humans and pigs. Isabel was interviewing Mary about her drawing of the human body to determine which system she drew first and why. Mary clearly knew about the gastrointestinal system [digestive] and many of its organs. She identified the gastrointestinal system as the easiest to draw and identify because she thought “everyone knows about it”.