Pavlova Iglika V
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2022 Mar 30;23(1). doi: 10.1128/jmbe.00264-21. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Instructors can foster equitable learning environments when they communicate that they value growth and diversity and by providing opportunities for students to reflect and to engage in cross-group interactions with diverse others. Additionally, perspective-taking activities engage empathy and have been used to reduce racial bias. An activity was introduced at the start of the semester to promote a more scientifically informed view of traits and intelligence, while also encouraging creativity, evidence-based thinking, and teamwork in an introductory biology course that was taught in an online synchronous format due to the COVID pandemic. Student groups worked in breakout rooms to create a slide in a shared file describing a research plan to test for human intelligence from the perspective of an alien life form. Students had the freedom to choose their alien to have whatever abilities and intelligence they wanted. The activity was highly student-centered, with students showing through their work that an understanding of intelligence is closely linked to the methods used to measure it. In this way, the activity promoted a more nuanced understanding of traits. This COVID-era invention resulted in a successful strategy that can be used in a variety of course delivery formats to support the teaching of content, as well as to promote a growth learning mindset and inclusive education.
当教师传达出他们重视成长和多样性，并为学生提供反思机会以及与不同的他人进行跨群体互动的机会时，他们就能营造公平的学习环境。此外，换位思考活动能激发同理心，并已被用于减少种族偏见。在学期开始时引入了一项活动，以促进对特质和智力形成更具科学依据的观点，同时在一门因新冠疫情而采用在线同步教学形式的生物学入门课程中鼓励创造力、循证思维和团队合作。学生小组在分组讨论室里共同协作，在一个共享文件中制作一张幻灯片，从外星生命形式的角度描述一个测试人类智力的研究计划。学生们可以自由选择他们所设想的外星人，赋予其任何他们想要的能力和智力。这项活动高度以学生为中心，学生们通过他们的作品表明，对智力的理解与测量智力的方法密切相关。通过这种方式，该活动促进了对特质更细致入微的理解。这项新冠疫情时代的创新成果带来了一项成功的策略，可用于各种课程授课形式，以支持内容教学，同时促进成长型学习思维和包容性教育。
