General chemistry and cell biology: An experiment in curricular symbiosis
General chemistry and cell biology: An experiment in curricular symbiosis
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DOI：
10.1021/ed078p1490
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发表时间：
2001-11-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Serie, J
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作者：
Schwartz, AT;Serie, J
在1998-99学年，在霍华德休斯医学研究所的支持下，我们共同为23名一年级学生教授普通化学和细胞生物学的综合课程。双课程围绕六个单元组织：1 .能量学：收获（生物）化学能；2。生物过程的调控：化学动力学与平衡3。膜与电化学梯度；四、酸碱与pH的调节；V.细胞内隔室和运输；六、蜂窝通信。化学和生物学的教学方式都旨在加强对这些主要主题的理解，并强调这两个学科之间的关系。我们俩都出席了所有的课堂，分担了教学责任。与单元相对应的考试也强调生物和化学的相互依存关系。实验室组件没有整合；相反，学生们被分散在实验室里，与来自更传统课堂的学生分享。本文对这一课程共生的实验进行了报道，这对学生和我们来说都是一次具有挑战性和有益的学习经历。
During the 1998-99 academic year, with the support of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, we co-taught integrated courses in general chemistry and cell biology to 23 first-year students. The double course was organized around six units: I. Energetics: Harvesting (Bio)Chemical Energy; II. The Regulation of Biological Processes: Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium; III. Membranes and Electrochemical Gradients; IV. Acids and Bases and the Regulation of pH; V. Intracellular Compartments and Transport; and VI. Cellular Communication. The chemistry and biology were both taught in a manner meant to enhance understanding of these major themes and to emphasize the relationships between the two disciplines. Both of us were present for all class sessions and shared teaching responsibilities. The examinations, which corresponded to the units, also stressed the interdependence of biology and chemistry. The laboratory components were not integrated; rather the students were dispersed among laboratory sections shared with students from more traditional lecture sections. The paper reports on this experiment in curricular symbiosis, which proved to be a challenging and rewarding learning experience for both the students and us.