Innovative teaching strategies using questioning for experimental teaching of genetics: a case study

Abstract

Genetics is an important basic course in the field of life science, and the cultivation of students’ practical ability should be emphasized in the experimental teaching of genetics. How to let students have more time to participate in the experimental practice within the limited class hours? Our genetics experimental teaching team has developed innovative teaching models on the basis of traditional teaching models. In order to improve students’ independent thinking and practical ability and cultivate their interest in scientific research and scientific accomplishment, experimental teaching is carried out through the learning mode of teachers’ questions raised before class, students’ experimental plans designed before class and students’ experimental tasks completed. Through questionnaires distributed after class, this paper investigates students’ opinions and suggestions on innovative teaching mode, hoping to give full play to the role of ‘innovative teaching mode’ in genetics experimental teaching through interaction and continuous improvement between teachers and students, so as to lay a foundation for improving students’ comprehensive ability and cultivating innovative talents.

Keywords

• Genetic experiment
• innovative teaching
• reform in education
• ability raise
• questioning techniques
• Stephen Darwin, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile