标题:“The Farmer’s Dilemma”—an Interrupted Case Study for Learning Bacterial Genetics in the Context of the Impact of Microbes on the Organic Food Industry and Biotechnology †
期刊名称:Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education
印刷版ISSN:1935-7877
电子版ISSN:1935-7885
出版年度:2014
卷号:15
期号:1
页码:36-37
DOI:10.1128/jmbe.v15i1.643
出版社:American Society for Microbiology
摘要:Case studies are well established pedagogical tools for engaging students in learning and offer the opportunity to use real world examples to give context to student learning. Finding a case study story that meets learning outcomes and resonates with students is a challenge. Our solution was an end-of-semester, capstone project for the honors students in our general microbiology course. “The Farmer’s Dilemma,” an interrupted case study with associated questions, was developed from a story line proposed by the students. The case and associated teaching notes indicate how we actively engage students in learning bacterial genetics via a story about the impact of microbes on the organic food industry and biotechnology.