利用植物为广泛的,基于能力的本科生物学课程
Zoe Diaz-Martin1, Dongfang Wang1, Elethia Tillman1
1Spelman College, Atlanta GA 30317.
Integrative and comparative biology
|May 10, 2025
概括
将植物生物学纳入本科教育可以提高生物学理解和研究兴趣,即使它不会将职业目标转移到医学上. 这种方法通过提供全面的生物学教育和发展基本技能,使学生受益.
科学领域:
- 植物学和植物科学 植物学和植物科学
- 本科 生物学 教育 学士学位
- 课程开发 课程开发
背景情况:
- 本科生物课程往往忽视了植物科学,因为学生的兴趣较低,专注于健康专业.
- 这尤其适用于女性和代表性不足的少数群体,他们经常被引导远离植物生物学.
- 史佩尔曼学院,一个历史黑人学院和大学 (HBCU),试图解决这个差距在其流行的生物学专业内.
研究的目的:
- 描述植物生物学在斯佩尔曼学院本科课程中的整合.
- 评估这种整合对学生对植物生物学的认识及其职业兴趣的影响.
- 展示一种在女子文科学院环境中嵌入植物科学的模型.
主要方法:
- 植物生物学内容被整合到整个课程中,从入门课程到高级选修和研究经验.
- 介绍课程通过基于调查的实践活动和实地考察将植物相关主题纳入课程.
- 高级课程和研究机会集中在植物生物学上,以解决现实世界的问题.
主要成果:
- 学生在入门生物学课程中报告了对植物和其他生物的平衡暴露.
- 学生们认识到植物对于理解基本生物学原理的重要性.
- 虽然医学的主要职业兴趣基本保持不变,但接触植物生物学增加了整体生物学教育,技能发展和研究兴趣.
结论:
- 将植物生物学纳入基于能力的课程可以有效地提高学生对核心生物概念的理解.
- 这种方法在学生中促进了更广泛的生物素养和研究技能,特别是在为妇女和代表性不足的少数民族服务的机构.
- 斯佩尔曼学院的模型展示了一个成功的策略,以振兴植物生物学教育,并鼓励学生参与该领域.
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