Transforming the Teaching and Learning of General Biology for Non-Majors: A Model for the 21st Century

波特兰社区学院正在对其生物学入门课程进行根本性的改革，以便更好地接触到学生，并为他们的高级科学课程、教学生涯、技术培训做好准备，最重要的是提高科学素养，并在家庭、工作场所和世界上应用这些知识。这种复兴将学院的工业时代的科学教育模式转变为信息时代的模式，以满足21世纪学习者和工人的需求。振兴的课程和学习环境是以学习者为导向的，便于获得广泛的学习机会。教师们正在创建新的课程，修改现有的教材，并开发新的教材，因为他们正在改变目前普通生物学教学的音频辅导方法，包括：小组会议和增强的多媒体平台，以及基于多媒体的教学材料。该项目正在与俄勒冈州卓越合作组织密切合作，为教师做好准备，以确保准备成为教师的课程中的学生能够在未来的教学生涯中使用新技术。

Portland Community College is undertaking a radical transformation of its introductory biology curriculum to better reach and prepare students for advanced science courses, teaching careers, technical training and most importantly to improve science literacy and application of this knowledge in the home, workplace, and the world. This revitalization shifts the college's industrial age model of science education into an information age model which addresses the needs of 21st century learners and workers. The revitalized curriculum and learning environments is learner driven, facilitating access to a wide range of learning opportunities. The faculty are creating a new curriculum, modifying existing instructional materials and developing new materials as they transform the current audio-tutorial method of general biology instruction to include: small group sessions and an enhanced multimedia platform with multimedia based instructional materials. The project is working closely with the Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers to ensure that students in the course preparing to be teachers will be able to use new technologies in their future teaching careers.