Developing Innovative Cross-Disciplinary Curricula in Biological Engineering

开发生物工程创新的跨学科课程

• 批准号: 0530556
• 负责人: Steven Taylor
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0530556&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Innovative; Cross; Disciplinary; Curricula

A multidisciplinary group of faculty at Auburn University is collaborating to develop new cross-disciplinary curricula in biological engineering. Groups of faculty from biosystems engineering, chemical engineering, and biological sciences will join with experts in teaching and learning and other stakeholders to develop the curricula and innovative teaching techniques. The curriculum development activities incorporate innovative pedagogical techniques aimed at increasing the size and diversity of student participation in these new programs and increasing the students' commitment to social responsibility.Special emphasis is placed on developing two cross-disciplinary, project-based, spiral curricula in biological engineering. The two respective curricula will have many common elements but will be offered under existing degree programs in Biosystems Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The cross-disciplinary curricula offer many unique opportunities to employ multidisciplinary, team activities for the students. The curricula will incorporate methods in courses to embrace differentiated learning styles of students and will incorporate studio experiences to maintain high levels of student interest and retention. These new teaching and learning techniques will be advanced for use in other engineering and science curricula. Service learning programs, named Project Design Studios will also be developed to build linkages with economically-depressed regions and underrepresented groups. These programs will build a greater sense of societal responsibility among the new biological engineering graduates and serve as models for other institutions.

奥本大学的一个多学科教员小组正在合作开发生物工程方面的新的跨学科课程。来自生物系统工程、化学工程和生物科学的教职员工团体将与教与学专家和其他利益相关者一起开发课程和创新的教学技术。课程开发活动融入了创新的教学技术，旨在增加学生参与这些新项目的规模和多样性，并增加学生对社会责任的承诺。特别强调开发两门跨学科的、基于项目的螺旋生物工程课程。这两个课程将有许多共同的内容，但将在现有的生物系统工程和化学工程学位课程下提供。跨学科的课程为学生提供了许多独特的机会，让他们利用多学科的团队活动。这些课程将在课程中融入各种方法，以拥抱学生的不同学习风格，并将纳入工作室经验，以保持学生的高度兴趣和留存。这些新的教学和学习技术将被先进用于其他工程和科学课程。还将开发名为项目设计工作室的服务学习计划，以建立与经济不景气地区和代表性不足群体的联系。这些项目将在生物工程应届毕业生中建立更大的社会责任感，并为其他机构树立榜样。