Ledbetter Mary Lee S
EHR/DUE, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 22230.
J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2012 Fall;11(1):A22-6. Epub 2012 Oct 15.
The biology of the 21(st) century requires a revolution in teaching that corresponds to the revolution that the discipline experienced in the last decades of the 20(th) century. Consensus is not a tradition in the many disparate subdisciplines that constitute modern biology, but the demands of effective instruction prompted an unprecedented series of conversations among all the stakeholders of undergraduate biology education. A culminating conference resulted in consensus on both the form and substance of modern biology courses: They should emphasize repeatedly five core concepts and six core competencies in a student-centered, inquiry-driven pedagogy modeled on a number of "best practices." The conference report can serve as a guide to individual faculty members, departments, and institutions seeking to reform their teaching practices.
21世纪的生物学需要一场教学革命，这场革命要与该学科在20世纪最后几十年所经历的变革相呼应。在构成现代生物学的众多不同子学科中，达成共识并非传统做法，但有效教学的要求促使本科生物学教育的所有利益相关者进行了一系列前所未有的对话。一次总结性会议就现代生物学课程的形式和内容达成了共识：它们应以学生为中心、以探究为驱动的教学法，反复强调五个核心概念和六项核心能力，这种教学法以一些“最佳实践”为蓝本。会议报告可为寻求改革教学实践的个别教师、系和机构提供指导。
