Exploration and practice of innovation-oriented teaching reform of Soil Microbiology

Abstract:

The new era is accompanied by significant changes in the demand and standards for talents, rapid development of soil microbiology, and an urgent need for innovative talents. The outdated contents in the current teaching of Soil Microbiology affect students' innovative direction. The lack of mechanisms to enhance students' independent learning and cultivate their analytical skills is not conducive to stimulating students' enthusiasm in innovation. The emphasis on scores over abilities hinders the fostering of students' innovative consciousness. In response to the three problems, we have proposed four reform measures based on the actual teaching situation. The four measures include modifying outdated teaching contents and supplementing the cutting-edge research achievements, adopting problem-based teaching methods, designing figure/tablet explanation or topic discussion tasks, and assessing the learning performance based on experimental design or perspective papers. Practice has shown that the teaching reform has improved students' enthusiasm in innovation, learning efficiency, and innovative ability, receiving positive feedback from the vast majority of students. Our teaching reform practice has played a role in improving students' research and practical innovation abilities.