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Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology
An integrated understanding of microbiology and evolutionary biology is essential for students pursuing careers in microbiology and healthcare fields. In this Perspective, we discuss the usefulness of evolutionary concepts and an overall evolutionary framework for students enrolled in microbiology c...
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American Society of Microbiology
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4858361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v17i2.988 |
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author | Burmeister, Alita R. Smith, James J. |
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description | An integrated understanding of microbiology and evolutionary biology is essential for students pursuing careers in microbiology and healthcare fields. In this Perspective, we discuss the usefulness of evolutionary concepts and an overall evolutionary framework for students enrolled in microbiology courses. Further, we propose a set of learning goals for students studying microbial evolution concepts. We then describe some barriers to microbial evolution teaching and learning and encourage the continued incorporation of evidence-based teaching practices into microbiology courses at all levels. Next, we review the current status of microbial evolution assessment tools and describe some education resources available for teaching microbial evolution. Successful microbial evolution education will require that evolution be taught across the undergraduate biology curriculum, with a continued focus on applications and applied careers, while aligning with national biology education reform initiatives. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
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spelling | pubmed-48583612016-05-06 Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology Burmeister, Alita R. Smith, James J. J Microbiol Biol Educ Perspectives An integrated understanding of microbiology and evolutionary biology is essential for students pursuing careers in microbiology and healthcare fields. In this Perspective, we discuss the usefulness of evolutionary concepts and an overall evolutionary framework for students enrolled in microbiology courses. Further, we propose a set of learning goals for students studying microbial evolution concepts. We then describe some barriers to microbial evolution teaching and learning and encourage the continued incorporation of evidence-based teaching practices into microbiology courses at all levels. Next, we review the current status of microbial evolution assessment tools and describe some education resources available for teaching microbial evolution. Successful microbial evolution education will require that evolution be taught across the undergraduate biology curriculum, with a continued focus on applications and applied careers, while aligning with national biology education reform initiatives. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education American Society of Microbiology 2016-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4858361/ /pubmed/27158306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v17i2.988 Text en ©2016 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode), which grants the public the nonexclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the published work. |
spellingShingle | Perspectives Burmeister, Alita R. Smith, James J. Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology |
title | Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology |
title_full | Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology |
title_fullStr | Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology |
title_full_unstemmed | Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology |
title_short | Evolution across the Curriculum: Microbiology |
title_sort | evolution across the curriculum: microbiology |
topic | Perspectives |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4858361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v17i2.988 |
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