关于肿瘤生物学导论课程建设的思考

What We Have Learned from Teaching the Principles of Cancer Biology

癌症严重威胁了人类健康和社会发展,幸运的是大多数癌症是可以预防的,因此,开设肿瘤生物学导论不仅仅对医学生,对生命科学学院(尤其是师范院校)的学生来说也是十分必要的。该文从教学理念、师资队伍、课程设置及教学大纲和教材选择四个方面介绍了三年来首都师范大学生命科学学院为高年级本科生开设肿瘤生物学导论的经验和思考。肿瘤生物学是一门新兴、高速发展、多学科交叉的学科,该课程采用以全英文为主的探索性双语教学,强调师生互动及开放式的考查,明确双语教学的根本目的在于让学生直接接触肿瘤生物学的前沿知识。通过该课程,学生直接接受前沿知识的能力及参与肿瘤生物学研究的兴趣得到了有效的提升。

Cancer has become a critical threat to human health and social development. Fortunately, most cancers are preventable. Therefore, establishment of Principles of Cancer Biology in undergraduate curriculum is necessary not only for medical students, but also for all students major in biological sciences, particularly those from normal universities. This study, from four aspects （establishment of the teaching rationales, formation of the teaching team, build up of course curriculum and selection learned from three-year teaching of the Principles of Cancer of appropriate textbooks）, introduces what we have Biology for senior undergraduates at College of Life Science, Capital Normal University. Due to the fact that cancer biology is a new and fast growing field, this course was taught in English to get students in direct contact with the current trends of cancer biology. Through intensive interaction among students, lecturers and take-home examinations, students＇ capacity to directly understand the cur-rent frontiers of cancer biology and involve in cancer biology research has efficiently irnnrovad