文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Learning from Competition: An Outcome-Based Introductory Activity for First-Year Biotechnology Undergraduates

作者：Zhang, Xiaoyan[1];Ye, Ruifang[1];Hu, Fengxian[1];Zheng, Yitao[1];Gao, Shuhong[1];Zhuang, Yingping[1,2];Wang, Qiyao[1,2];Bai, Yunpeng[1,2]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Biotechnol, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Bioreactor Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2019

卷号：81

期号：7

起止页码：467

外文期刊名：AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER

收录：;WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000490750300002)】；

基金：We would like to thank all our biotechnology colleagues who have been involved in the MC project, as well as our graduate teaching assistants for their effort in its implementation over the years. We give special thanks to Yaning Chang, of the Undergraduate Lab Center in the School of Biotechnology, who has been a relentless supporter of the MC project. We value the outstanding dedication and creative work of all the students who joined us and worked toward the success of the MC events. We greatly appreciate the financial support of East China University of Science and Technology.

语种：英文

外文关键词：First-year undergraduate; interdisciplinary; discovery learning; biotechnology

摘要：In recent years, accreditation standards for international engineering education have led to a dramatic rise in the use of outcome-based education at universities. In this system, enticing new undergraduate students to science and engineering, although challenging, is the first important step toward building students' career competencies. An ongoing effort to attract students to biotechnology was initiated 13 years ago in the School of Biotechnology at the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. We describe the design and organization of the Microbe Competition, a program attracting a total of nearly 6,500 students as of 2018. In the competition, students need to pass the microbiology knowledge test, provide a practical experiment proposal related to the topic of competition, and finish the experiment under the supervision of teachers before getting final prizes. The competition develops students' competencies in acquiring and applying knowledge, problem solving, teamwork, communication, and experimental skills. By investigating students' feedback, we have been continuously improving the quality of competition to attract more students from the biotechnology major. We hope that by sharing our experience, we can help educators at other universities organize similar introductory activities on their own campuses.