发表的课程计划的全面审查展示了本科生生命科学教育资源的变化二十年
Kira A Treibergs1, MacKenzie R Stetzer2, Alyssa N Olson3
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
CBE life sciences education
|September 16, 2025
概括
像生物教育中的愿景和变革 (V&C) 等国家教育倡议显示了进展. 对课程计划的分析显示,以学生为中心的教学和采用关键概念的增加.
科学领域:
- 生命科学教育教育 生命科学教育
- 本科 生物学 教育 学士学位
背景情况:
- 国家教育倡议需要大量的投资和利益相关者的努力.
- 衡量实现国家教育目标的进展可能具有挑战性.
- 愿景和变化 (V&C) 报告为改变本科生物学教育提供了一个框架.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种新的方法来检测教学实践随时间变化的变化.
- 根据V&C报告,评估本科生物学教育的教育转型.
- 用课程计划分析课程和教学实践的趋势.
主要方法:
- 使用了一个范围审查方法.
- 分析了两十年来发表的650个课程计划.
- 检查与V&C报告出版物有关的教学和评估实践的趋势.
主要成果:
- 在V&C报告发布后,出版率增加了四倍.
- 在11个关键概念和能力中,有7个变得更加突出.
- 以学生为中心的实践,包括积极学习和学习目标,越来越多地被纳入课程计划.
结论:
- 该研究表明,本科生生物学教育的可衡量的增长与V&C建议保持一致.
- 这些发现提供了关于生命科学教育当前状态和增长机会的见解.
- 建议的方法可以适应评估其他学科的教育变化.
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