Slonczewski Joan L, Marusak Rosemary
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022.
Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2004 May;32(3):151-5. doi: 10.1002/bmb.2004.494032030342.
The National Research Council completed a major study of undergraduate biology education, BIO 2010-Transforming Undergraduate Education For Future Research Biologists (BIO 2010), funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health. The BIO 2010 report recommends that biology pedagogy should use an interdisciplinary approach incorporating a strong basis in mathematics and physical sciences. Many of the aims of BIO 2010 can be met by an interdisciplinary major program such as that of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Kenyon College. The Kenyon program effectively encourages students to connect biology with chemistry and mathematics and to develop a sound basis for research in the biological sciences. A continuing challenge is to balance the needs for depth of physical and mathematical understanding and breadth of diversity in biology.
美国国家研究委员会完成了一项关于本科生物学教育的重大研究，即《2010年生物学——为未来研究型生物学家转变本科教育》（BIO 2010），该研究由霍华德·休斯医学研究所和美国国立卫生研究院资助。《2010年生物学》报告建议，生物学教学应采用跨学科方法，将数学和物理科学的坚实基础纳入其中。像凯尼恩学院的生物化学与分子生物学这样的跨学科专业项目能够实现《2010年生物学》的许多目标。凯尼恩学院的项目有效地鼓励学生将生物学与化学和数学联系起来，并为生物科学研究奠定坚实基础。一个持续存在的挑战是平衡对物理和数学理解深度的需求与生物学多样性广度的需求。
