Construction of curriculum system and compilation of subject matter for general education on biotech

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Education Research Frontier June 2013, Volume 3, Issue 2, PP.44-50

Construction of Curriculum System and Compilation of Subject Matter for General Education on Biotechnology Xuanwei Zhou 1#, Juan Lin 2 1. School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China 2. School of Life Science, Fudan University, shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China #E-mail:

xuanweizhou@sjtu.edu.cn; xuanweizhou@163.com

Abstract General education, an educational idea relative to professional education, has entered into curriculum research stage in educational practices of Chinese universities. The purpose in this article is to construct a curriculum system for general education on Biotechnology. Firstly, the course background and significance related to Biotechnology in the general education are discussed by the integration of the practice on construction of the curriculum and subject matter in Biotechnology and Human in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Subsequently, the ideas and techniques of construction of subject matters are discussed on the aspect of the course characters, subject matter content knowledge, method and organization, etc. Through the teaching practice for years, an educational website named as “Bitechnology and Its Application” has been set up, and relevant teaching materials have been published. This research will contribute to the exploration on other curricula construction on general education. Keywords: Biotechnology; General Education; Curriculum System; Subject Matter Construction.

“生物技术”类课程体系与教材建设 周选围 1,林娟 2 1. 上海交通大学农业与生物学院,上海 200240; 2. 复旦大学生命科学学院,上海 200433 要:通识教育是相对于专业教育而提出的一种教育理念,在高等学校的教育实践中已经进入了微观的课程研究阶段。

为了建设生物技术类通识教育课程体系,本文结合上海交通大学通识教育核心课程“生物技术与人类”课程和教材建设, 分析探讨了“生物技术”相关课程建设的背景以及在通识教育中的意义,从课程性质与体系、教材内容特点与组织形式 等方面提出了教材建设的思路与技巧;通过几年的教学实践,建立了“生物技术及其应用”课程与教学网站,出版了相 关教材,在新一轮的通识教育的课程与教材建设中起到了积极的示范作用。 关键词:生物技术;通识教育;课程体系;教材建设。

引言 二十世纪以来,世界各国相继推出了以提升大学生文化素养、提高综合素质、培养健全人格为目的的“核 心课程”教学体制,也就是通常所谓的“通识教育”。中国高校在经历了自我探索(1987-1994)、引进借鉴 (1995-2001)和反思改进(2002-2006)三个基本阶段[1]以后,近年来研究群体逐渐壮大,研究层次从宏观的 转变观念,到微观的课程设置、教学内容、教学方法等,其研究的深度也在逐渐加强,研究方法也更为丰富; 然而与欧美等发达国家高校的核心课程相比,我国高校的通识教育课程还面临着许多问题[2],如从课程体系 基金资助:受上海交通大学通识教育教学改革研究项目支持资助

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