Integrating biotechnology into a non-majors biology curriculum

A general education biology course entitled ‘Biotechnology Transforms Our World’ has been developed to illustrate biological concepts with advances from biotechnology. The contributions of molecular biology to understanding human genetics, evolution, plant and animal (including human) biology and ecology are illustrated with specific case studies. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2000) 24, 308–309. Received 02 April 1999/ Accepted in revised form 11 November 1999     

工科院校微生物学实验教学改革与实践

传统的微生物学实验教学方法和内容存在着许多不足.因此,我们从实验教学内容、教学模式和实验考核方法等方面进行了改革和探索,将微生物学实验单独设课,并增设了微生物学综合实验.结果显示新的实验教学模式更有利于培养学生的动手能力、创新能力以及综合能力,其教学效果大大提高.     

Causing Physical Change to Create Art

The presentation involves students in a hands-on analysis of artifacts to create a time line of their local area's past societies. This exercise is more of a unit rather than a one-time activity. Procedures, ideas, and background for developing your own unit are presented in this article. The purpose of this unit is to engage students in applying the scientific method to archaeological research. Students will gain experience in designing and conducting their own investigations.     

ESCRTs are everywhere

The ESCRT proteins are an ancient system that buds membranes and severs membrane necks from their inner face. Three “classical” functions of the ESCRTs have dominated research into these proteins since their discovery in 2001: the biogenesis of multivesicular bodies in endolysosomal sorting; the budding of HIV-1 and other viruses from the plasma membrane of infected cells; and the membrane abscission step in cytokinesis. The past few years have seen an explosion of novel functions: the biogenesis of microvesicles and exosomes; plasma membrane wound repair; neuron pruning; extraction of defective nuclear pore complexes; nuclear envelope reformation; plus-stranded RNA virus replication compartment formation; and micro- and macroautophagy. Most, and perhaps all, of the functions involve the conserved membrane-neck-directed activities of the ESCRTs, revealing a remarkably widespread role for this machinery through a broad swath of cell biology.     

提高生物课堂教学有效性——新课程背景下探究教学法的灵活运用

新课程的实施需要运用探究教学法,广大高中生物教师对这一教法的运用还在摸索之中。通过拟从探究教学法的运用,对提高高中生物课堂教学有效性的作用,提出实践性的教学建议。     

转变教育理念，强化实践环节，提高微生物学教学质量

微生物学是一门研究微生物的生命活动规律及其应用技术的学科。为了使不同学科背景和不同发展愿景的学生在有限的课时内能深入领会微生物学知识、掌握实验技能、增加对社会热点问题的理解,浙江大学从2013年开始对微生物学课程进行了改革。通过转变教学理念、融入课程思政、强化实验技能、重视评价导向等手段,使微生物学课程的教学质量有了明显的提升。     

遗传学课程思政教育的探索与实践

课程思政对高校落实立德树人、实现人才培养目标具有重要的意义。在专业课中进行课程思政改革有助于探究高校专业课程中育人功能的发挥。遗传学是生命科学专业重要的基础课程,在生命科学知识体系的构建中具有重要作用。立足内蒙古农业大学示范课程改革的教学实践,我们重塑了教学目标,改革教学方法,挖掘遗传学课程中蕴含的思政元素,使德育教育深入教师心、学生心,贯穿于教学、教评全过程,使知识传授、能力培养与价值引领同向同行,以提升学生的综合素质。     

应用型本科高校围绕解决生物工程专业复杂工程问题能力培养的课程体系思考与构建

准确把握专业复杂工程问题的特征与内涵是设置专业毕业要求、构建课程体系、设计教学内容的重要前提。文中通过讨论生物产业的复杂工程问题特征,挖掘长三角地区生物产业对于本科层次人才的需求,总结岗位典型任务和要求,阐述了典型任务中包含的复杂工程问题的内涵。在此基础上构建了多阶段培养解决生物工程专业复杂工程问题能力的课程体系。该课程体系结合产教深度融合的医药生物技术学院、教师科研反哺教学项目建设、课程团队与一流课程建设、覆盖全员的学生专业社团建设等多种措施,更好地支撑了解决复杂工程问题能力的培养。     

大学课程论文教学中存在问题研究

在分析当前高校课程论文教学现状的基础上,指出其中普遍存在的问题及原因。近年来的教学改革实践表明:采取学生分组、分类指导、学生自评和教师评价相结合的方法可以有效地提高课程论文的教学效果。此外,还提出一些改进课程论文教学的合理化建议。