Unit DIDACTICS OF BIOLOGY
- Course
- Biology
- Study-unit Code
- A0590005
- Curriculum
- Biodiversita' e gestione delle risorse naturali
- Teacher
- Emma Bricchi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
DIDACTICS OF BIOLOGY - MODULE 1
Code | A001163 |
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CFU | 2 |
Teacher | Emma Bricchi |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Academic discipline | BIO/02 |
Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Criteria for the design of educational paths on the fundamental concepts of Biology. |
Reference texts | Course notes. Texts of possible deepening: - Syllabus Attività Formativa PF24 - C. Longo, Didattica della Biologia, Ledizioni 2014 |
Educational objectives | Acquisition of the skills necessary for the design of educational paths for the teaching of Biology. |
Prerequisites | - |
Teaching methods | Lectures and discussion in the classroom and in the laboratory. |
Learning verification modality | Oral examination |
Extended program | The scientific aspects will be taken care of and educational experiments will be carried out in the laboratory on some central themes of Biology. The plant cell, the unicellular, colonial, multicellular organisms, the tissues, organs and functions, plant reproduction. |
DIDACTICS OF BIOLOGY - MODULE 2
Code | A001164 |
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CFU | 2 |
Teacher | Silvana Piersanti |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Academic discipline | BIO/05 |
Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Didactics of zoology at school and outside the school: methods, approaches and purposes. Some basic zoological concepts for teaching: - biodiversity, with particular reference to its levels, its importance and its threats (the emblematic case of insects) - Taxonomy and phylogeny: the Linnaean taxonomy and modern phylogenetic systematics, the contribution of the phenetic and molecular approach to the current taxonomy (the emblematic case of vertebrate phylogeny). |
Reference texts | Zoologia dei Vertebrati Harvey Pough F., Janis C.M., Heiser J.B. Ed. Pearson Biologia della Conservazione Primack R.B., Boitani L. Ed. Zanichelli Biodiversità, dal genoma al paesaggio Ferrari C. Ed. Zanichelli Lineamenti di Entomologia Peter J. Gullan, Penny J. Gullan, Peter S. Cranston Ed. Zanichelli |
Educational objectives | At the end of the course It is expected that the students are able to imagine simple educational paths of Zoology aimed at schools of different levels and by referring to fundamental zoological issues such as biodiversity and evolution |
Prerequisites | Students need good knowledge on Zoology (General Zoology and fundamental Taxonomy) |
Teaching methods | Lectures in the classroom and some practical activities. |
Other information | It is advisable to refer to the teaching material provided by the teacher |
Learning verification modality | oral exam |
Extended program | The Didactics of Zoology in schools of various Orders and Grade. The Didactics of Zoology outside the schools: the Natural History museums, the CEA, the citizen sciences projects. Basic concepts of animal biodiversity: definition of biodiversity, biodiversity levels, genetic and specific diversity, ecosystem diversity and landscape concept, biodiversity value, direct and indirect use values, non-use values. Animal biodiversity: Insects. Forms and functions of insects, the reasons for an extraordinary evolutionary success, the diversity of insects: the Orders. Basic concepts of phylogenetic Taxonomy: the concept of species, the linneian taxonomy and the evolutionary one. Phylogenetic systematics in a phenetic / morphological and molecular key. The case of the phylogeny of Vertebrates: the linneian classes Pisces, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals and their phylogenetic meaning. |
DIDACTICS OF BIOLOGY - MODULE 3
Code | A001165 |
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CFU | 2 |
Teacher | Emma Bricchi |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Academic discipline | BIO/07 |
Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Basic concepts of ecology with deepening ecological current issues |
Reference texts | Odum & Barrett: fondamenti di Ecologia, ed Piccin 2007. Smith TM, Smith RL. 2017. Elementi di Ecologia. Pearson. Benjamin Cummings. Ediz. economica. 2017. De Marchi, A., 1992. Ecologia funzionale. Garzanti, 316 pp. Il testo è disponibile, in fotocopia autorizzata, presso: LIBRERIA MORLACCHI, p.zza Morlacchi 7/9, Perugia Tel. 075 / 572 5297 E-mail: info@libreriamorlacchi.com |
Educational objectives | The course aims to provide the basic tools for a critical analysis of ecological issues, from natural phenomena to environmental emergencies on a global and local scale. |
Prerequisites | In order to understand the concepts covered in the Ecology module, the student must have basic knowledge of inorganic chemistry and mathematics. This knowledge is a mandatory prerequisite for attending and not attending students. |
Teaching methods | Face to face |
Other information | Attendance to the course: Recommended |
Learning verification modality | Final written exam on the course contents. |
Extended program | Aquatic Bioindicators. Anthropic impact on ecosystems and environmental degradation. |