它在教学计划中:教学计划告诉我们关于入门生物学课程的内容
Austin Heil1, Joshua Olaniran2, Cara Gormally3
1Marine Science Department, University of Georgia, 325 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602.
CBE life sciences education
|August 22, 2024
概括
介绍性生物学课程往往侧重于低水平的认知技能和事实内容,反映了教科书结构. 很少有课程包含核心能力或社会科学问题,这表明在生物学教育中需要改进课程级学习目标.
科学领域:
- 生物教育教育 生物学教育
- 课程开发 课程开发
背景情况:
- 改善入门生物学教育是研究人员的一个关键目标.
- 关于入门生物学课程当前实践的文档有限.
- 了解学习期望对于教学设计至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在入门生物学中描述学习期望的景观.
- 分析美国多个不同机构的入门生物学课程中的教学设计决策.
- 确定课程级学习目标和内容重点的趋势.
主要方法:
- 从188个入门生物学课程中分析了1108个课程级学习目标.
- 考查非主要,混合主要和主要课程的课程计划.
- 非主要课程的分类,分为基于内容和基于问题的类型.
主要成果:
- 介绍性生物学课程主要侧重于低认知能力和事实回忆.
- 课程内容往往与教科书的内容表保持一致.
- 社会科学问题和核心能力很少被包括在内,除了基于非主要问题的课程.
- 教师在制定有效的课程级学习目标方面表现出挑战.
结论:
- 需要大量的工作来将教育愿景转化为入门生物学中的可行的变化.
- 制定明确的课程级学习目标是关键的第一步.
- 解决当前实践与期望结果之间的差距对于推动生物学教育至关重要.
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