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Methodologies |
Description |
| Introductory activities |
It consists of a presentation session of the subject where the different sections contained in the teaching guide are exposed and explained (competences, program-contents, planning, methodology, evaluation, bibliographic resources, etc.) and where the students can propose any doubt or question related to them.
Both the teaching guide of the subject and the calendars and times of the course will be available on the Moodle platform and on the website of the Faculty of Sciences of the UDC. |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech |
50-minute face-to-face sessions on the basic content of the program. The teacher will explain the theoretical foundations of the subject through drawings, diagrams or computer presentations (content that will be made available to students through the Moodle platform). The teacher will also solve the doubts and questions raised by the students. Likewise, in order to take full advantage of these, it is recommended that the students have previously reviewed the fundamental aspects of these topics in the recommended texts and completed the relative questionnaires regarding the same. |
| Laboratory practice |
In laboratory practices, in addition to addressing some theoretical aspects related to experimental methodologies, the manual skills typical of simple Cell Biology techniques are acquired. The student must make a report detailing the objective of each practice, the protocol followed and the results. In addition, you must describe, draw and interpret the observations made. This memory will represent 20% of the final grade for the course. Attendance at practices is a necessary condition to be evaluated. In the event of circumstances that prevent attendance, these must be communicated in advance to the teacher in charge or duly justified. During these sessions, the teacher will present the objectives of the practice and guide the observations of the students, clarifying the doubts that arise. |
| Objective test |
2 of the sessions in small groups will be devoted to conducting objective tests, in order to know the degree of assimilation of the content taught. The activities delivered will be resolved in small groups, assuming the same 10% of the final grade. |
| Mixed objective/subjective test |
This category includes both the partial / learning controls that will be carried out throughout the course, as well as the final exam on the theoretical and practical contents of the subject, all of them with test-type and / or short-answer questions (or relatively short) on the contents of the master classes and sessions in small groups. In this way, it will be possible to know the way in which the students are assimilating the contents and improve the processes in progress and the performance achieved. |
| Collaborative learning |
Throughout the semester, 4 sessions will be dedicated to working in small groups (10-12 students). During the sessions, various topics related to the contents of the subject will be discussed and discussed, and activities related to them will be carried out, for which specific bibliography will be used (printed or through the use of electronic resources). |
| Seminar |
In small groups of 10-12 students, they will work on a topic on the agenda designated in advance by the teacher, and of which each student will prepare a summary / outline / glossary of terms, which will give a written copy to the teacher at the end of the session . The session consists of the teacher-led sharing of what the group's students have extracted from their previous work on this topic.
There will be 2 sessions throughout the semester, both the delivery of the summary / outline / glossary of terms, as well as the active participation of the students computes 10% of the final grade for the course, with 5% corresponding to each of the sessions. |
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