Biodiversity on the brink: Evaluating a transdisciplinary research collaboration

Global biodiversity is facing an extinction crisis. Australia has one of the highest terrestrial species extinction rates in the world. Scientists, policy advisors and governments have recommended that the issue be addressed at a landscape-scale, while noting that there are significant knowledge gaps that are hampering implementation of such an approach. From 2011–2015, the Australian Government funded a transdisciplinary research program, the Landscapes and Policy Hub, to meet this need. Transdisciplinary research is widely acknowledged as essential to address the complexity of contemporary environmental problems. Given that such research programs are in their infancy, it is important to evaluate their efficacy and provide an empirical basis for improving their design. This paper presents an evaluation of the strategies fostering transdisciplinarity adopted by the Landscapes and Policy Hub. A heavy emphasis on communication, with skilled knowledge brokering, regular face-to-face meetings using participatory activities and shared field engagements enhanced transdisciplinary interaction between researchers and research users. However, establishing a fully integrated interdisciplinary research program remained a challenge. Efforts to enable shared conceptual frameworks to emerge through adaptive application of theory in practice could have been balanced with increased effort at the outset for researchers and research users to collaboratively formulate shared research questions, leading to the establishment of teams that could address these questions through cross-mobilisation of interdisciplinary expertise.     

以问题为导向的互动式教学法在普外科临床教学中的应用

目的:研究以问题为导向的互动式教学法在普外科临床教学中的应用。方法:选取2010级应用以问题为导向的互动式教学法的普外科学生120名(研究组),另选取2009级之前的传统教学法普外科学生120名(对照组),分析两组的成绩,对学生进行问卷调查,了解学生对两种教学的评价。结果:研究组平均分为(79.8±2.3)分,高于对照组的(77.6±2.1)分,两组比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05);研究组分数≥80分者显著多于对照组,两组比较差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);研究组学生对授课的满意度显著高于对照组,两组比较差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:以问题为导向的互动式教学法应用于普外科临床教学中具有较好的效果,能提高学生的分数,提高学生的满意度。     

基于问题导向的生物信息学综合实验教学设计

针对生物信息学相关课程的实验教学需求,结合前沿科研问题和成果,设计了基于问题导向的生物信息学综合实验。实验以宏基因组中基因资源挖掘以及蛋白质结构和功能研究为主线,将生物信息学多种学科背景、多个知识点、多类分析技术交叉融合为围绕科学问题开展的综合性实验。通过该实验,激发学生学习兴趣,加深学生对专业知识的理解和掌握,提高学生生物信息学实验操作技能,培养学生科学思维和创新能力。     

为动物类专业本科生讲授瘤胃微生物知识点的体会

瘤胃微生物与反刍动物的共生关系是动物类专业本科生必须掌握的重要知识。我们采取问题导向教学方法,使学生较好地掌握瘤胃微生物在反刍动物生长发育中的作用,积极培养学生在科学饲养反刍动物、正确防治瘤胃疾病以及未来开展反刍动物相关研究的素质和能力。