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CHEM-342 Introduction to BiochemistrySlide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Problem-Based Learning: The ProcessSlide 11PBL: Course ContentCHEM-342Introduction to BiochemistrySpring SemesterFirst ClassProf. Hal White“…once you have learned to ask questions – relevant and appropriate and substantialquestions – you have learned how to learnand no one can keep you from learningwhatever you want or need to know.”Neil Postman & Charles Weingartner in Teaching as a Subversive Activity, 19691. A major goal of higher education is to enable students to think independently. 2. Independent thinkers seek understanding. 3. Independent thinkers challenge superficial answers. 4. Independent thinkers develop strong convictions. 5. Independent thinkers question authority. 6. Independent thinkers become leaders.7. If you don’t change as a result of taking this course, we are wasting our time.Teaching as a Subversive Activity1. Communication Skills - both verbal and written.2. Ability to define problems, gather and evaluate information related to the problem, and develop solutions.3. Ability to work with others, especially in team settings.4. Ability to address specific problems in complex, real-world settings.From 1994 Wingspread Conference on “Quality Assurance in Undergraduate Education”Characteristics Needed For SuccessVisualOral WrittenCommunication SkillsCharacteristics Needed For SuccessAcquiredSkillsEducationandTrainingAccumulatedKnowledgeProblem-SolvingAbilityCharacteristics Needed For SuccessIntroduction to BiochemistryInstructional Goals For Students$Become intellectually independent learners$Recognize and confront areas of personal ignorance$Review and apply chemical, biological, physical, and mathematical principles in a biochemical context $Improve problem-solving skills$Create, understand, and value abstract biochemical models$See biochemistry in relevant historical and societal contextsIntroduction to BiochemistryInstructional Goals For Students, Cont.$Discover and use the resources of the library and the Internet$Gain confidence in reading and understanding scientific articles$Experience the powers (and pitfalls) of collaborative work$Appreciate importance of clear oral and written communication $Learn to organize logical arguments based on evidenceIntroduction to BiochemistrySpecial Goal and ChallengeFor this class, as a group, to become sufficiently skilled learners to score significantly above the class average in CHEM-641 next fall. In order for this to happen, you will need to work individually and together so that everyone learns. Everyone here has unique and special abilities, background, and personality to contribute to the effort.Problem-Based Learning: The Process•Learning initiated with problem. •Students organize ideas and previous knowledge.•Students pose questions, defining what they know and don’t know.•Assign responsibility for questions, discuss resources.•Reconvene, explore newly learned information, refine questions.Presentation of ProblemOrganize ideas and prior knowledge(What do we know?)Pose questions (What dowe need to know?)Assign responsibility for questions; discuss resourcesResearch questions; summarize; analyze findingsReconvene, report on research;Integrate new Information;Refine questionsResolution of Problem;(How did we do?)Next stage of the problemProblem-Based Learning: The ProcessPBL: Course Content•Contrary to popular belief, this course is NOT about Hemoglobin and Sickle Cell Anemia, though you will learn a lot about both.•Hemoglobin is a central molecule in biochemistry and thus serves as a unifying theme to introduce many concepts and connections.•Any one of a number of other themes could serve the same purpose, e.g. Insulin and Diabetes or Vitamin C and the Common


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