The course aims to develop an Inquiry-Based Science Education – IBSE to be used at school:
- promoting the learning and understanding of concepts through direct experience;
- setting and understanding the problem through a discussion
- overcome false or partial notions
- granting basic knowledge and promote competences.
With the study of General Biology the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.
- Knowledge and understanding: learning the fundamental processes of life and the diversity of living beings
- Applying knowledge and understanding: learning the fundamental processes of life and the diversity of living beings
- Making judgements: awareness of being part of a single ecosystem and taking responsible action
- Communication skills: ability to expose content in a reasoned and dynamic way
- Learning skills: aptitude to deepen contents with recurrent updates in relation to the progress of scientific research and teaching methodology
- promoting the learning and understanding of concepts through direct experience;
- setting and understanding the problem through a discussion
- overcome false or partial notions
- granting basic knowledge and promote competences.
With the study of General Biology the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.
- Knowledge and understanding: learning the fundamental processes of life and the diversity of living beings
- Applying knowledge and understanding: learning the fundamental processes of life and the diversity of living beings
- Making judgements: awareness of being part of a single ecosystem and taking responsible action
- Communication skills: ability to expose content in a reasoned and dynamic way
- Learning skills: aptitude to deepen contents with recurrent updates in relation to the progress of scientific research and teaching methodology
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Programme
The scientific method. Evolution, theories and hypotheses. The history of life on Earth. Passage from single-celled organisms to multi-cellular ones. The fossils. Dating methods. Living beings, the classification of the living. What is the systematic; binary nomenclature. Characteristics of algae and fungi. Plants (Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes). Invertebrate animals. Vertebrate animals. The cell. Microorganisms. The human body. Skeletal system. Muscular system. Digestive system. Cardiovascular system. Respiratory system. Excretory system. Nervous system. Immune system. Sense organs. Reproduction. Mendel’s law. Observations in the field. Experiments for classes.Core Documentation
Fondamenti di Biologia, Hillis David M.; Sadava David; Heller Craig H.; Price Mary V.. Editore ZanichelliReference Bibliography
suggested readings Magrone Gasca: i bambini e il pensiero scientifico Carocci Editore Santovito: Insegnare la biologia ai bambini Carocci Edtore Lorentz: L'anello di Re Salomone, Adelphi Edizioni Nicolais: il bambino capovolto edizioni SanpaoloType of delivery of the course
The course will deal with the different topics of the program, using videos, educational experiences carried out through degree theses, news events about man and the environment, favoring the analysis of the facts to allow the elaboration of a personal judgment.Type of evaluation
the exam, in addition to assessing the acquired knowledge, will focus on the student's ability to convey what he has learned in a simple and complete way. in addition the ability to link the different parts of the program will be evaluated.