《生命科学前沿》课程思政的教学改革与实践

“课程思政”融入研究生课程体系具有重要意义, “大思政”格局下的课程改革不断推进。《生命科学前沿》是湖南师范大学生物学科的研究生必修课程,致力于普及学科发展前沿。其思政元素较为丰富,是开展课程思政的优秀载体。在分析了目前课程思政教学现状和存在问题的基础上,通过树立思政理念,提升教师开展课程思政的能动性;开展课程思政教学设计,注重课程前沿性和思政元素的有机融合。采用嵌入式课程思政的教学路径,提高课程思政教学效果等具体举措进行改革实践,实现学科前沿知识普及和价值引领相结合。实践证明,将思政内容引入专业课,可以提高学生学习主动性,引导学生树立正确的价值观,实现专业课协同育人的效果。课程思政重在建设,课程内容设计是先决条件,教师是关键,课程管理是基本保障,对课程思政教学改革实践进行反思,以期为相关生物学专业课程思政教学提供参考。

Reform and Practice of Ideological and Political Teaching in Frontier of Life Science

The integration of "curriculum politics" into the graduate curriculum system is of great significance, and the curriculum reform under the pattern of "big ideology and politics" is constantly promoted. Frontier of life sciences is a compulsory course for biology graduate students in Hunan Normal University. It is committed to popularizing the frontier of biology development. It has rich ideological and political elements and is an excellent carrier to implement ideological and political education in the course. Based on the analysis of the current situation and existing problems of curriculum ideological and political teaching, teachers′ initiative in executing curriculum ideological and political teaching can be improved by establishing the concept of ideological and political teaching; performing curriculum ideological and political teaching design, and paying attention to the organic integration of curriculum cutting-edge and ideological and political elements; adopting the ideological and political teaching path of embedded curriculum, improving the ideological and political teaching effect of curriculum and other specific measures to effectuate reform practice, and realize the combination of popularization of cutting-edge knowledge and value guidance. Practice has proved that introducing ideological and political contents into professional courses can improve students′ learning initiative, guide students to establish correct values, and realize the effect of collaborative education of professional courses. Curriculum ideological and political education focuses on the construction, therefore curriculum content design is the prerequisite, teachers are the key, and curriculum management is the basic guarantee. Here we reflect on the practice of curriculum ideological and political education reform, in order to provide a reference for the ideological and political education of relevant biological professional courses.