Situating and teaching 21st century zoology: revealing pattern in the form and function of animals

作     者：Anthony P.RUSSELL 

作者机构：Biological SciencesUniversity Department of of CalgaryCalgaryCanada 

出 版 物：《Integrative Zoology》 (整合动物学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第4卷第3期

页      面：309-315页

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学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

基　　金：Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 

主　　题：curriculum education program undergraduate zoology. 

摘      要：The current challenges(increasing levels of integration in the biological sciences)facing the teaching of zoology and the structure of the zoology curriculum are explored *** context is provided and a more focused scrutiny of the situation in North America is *** changing emphases in more broadly-based biological sciences programs in North America are outlined,and their influence on the role of zoology as part of fundamental biological training is *** longer term impact of such changes in emphasis on the teaching of zoology is discussed,and the central role that zoology can play in dealing with both science content and science education is *** upon a focal workshop on the future of the zoology curriculum in Canada,a perspective on the challenges facing curriculum evolution is *** curriculum redesign is called for to ensure that zoology provides a broad-scale integrative approach to the understanding of biodiversity in evolutionary,ecologi-cal and functional *** to,and drivers of change are identified and the need for collaborative ap-proaches to curricular evolution is emphasized.