启发式细胞生物学实验教学的设计与尝试

Pedagogical Design and Practice of Heuristic Teaching in Cell Biology Laboratory Course

在细胞生物学课程的教学中,实验教学是极其重要的组成部分。该文主要阐述了将传统实验教学模式改为启发式的、学生拥有自主权的教学模式的优点和方法,以及笔者教学尝试的结果,目标是通过启发式实验教学培养和提高学生发现并解决问题的能力。该文以细胞转染实验为例,具体说明了如何将被动教学模式转变为促进学生主动学习模式的设计过程。在讨论传统实验教学模式弊端的基础上,该文作者探索并实践了适应创新人才培养需求的新型实验教学模式。

Laboratory course is an essential component of college-level cell biology teaching. Here, we described and discussed how we employed active learning and authentic research in cell biology laboratory course, with an example showing how we reformed the cell transient transfection experiment teaching. In heuristic experiment teaching, the goal was to cultivate and improve students＇ ability to discover and solve problems. Our pedagogical design overcame the drawbacks of traditional cookbook-style laboratory course. Our practice of heuristic teaching showed that students trained in active learning reformed course not only actively involved all laboratory activities, but also were highly motivated to carry further studies in the field of cell biology.