BIOLOGY DIDACTIS

VINCENZO VESTUTO BIOLOGY DIDACTIS

0760300059
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF7
PHARMACY
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
TEACHING IS AIMED AT PROVIDING THE TOOLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS IN BIOLOGY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES SET BY THE NATIONAL INDICATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL KNOW:
NOTIONS INHERENT TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY BY APPLYING THEM THROUGH FRONTAL TEACHING, OBSERVATION OF NATURAL PHENOMENA AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT APPLYING THE ACQUIRED SKILLS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- UNDERSTAND CLASSICAL AND MODERN CONCEPTS OF CELLULAR, MOLECULAR, MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY BIOLOGY, ADDRESSING AND SOLVING RELATED PROBLEMS
- UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONING AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANS AND TISSUES
- EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON ISSUES OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
Prerequisites
FOR AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE STUDENT TO HAVE ACQUIRED THE OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: GENERAL BIOLOGY, GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY.
Contents
CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS IN THE FIELD OF BIOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING TO:

BIOMOLECULES, THE CELL AND ITS ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS.(4H)
CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS, RECOMBINANT DNA AND GENETIC DISEASES. (4H)
BIOENERGETICS AND METABOLISM. (2H)
THE HUMAN BODY. HEALTH EDUCATION: VACCINES, SEXUALITY, DRUGS, SMOKING AND PREVENTION. EATING DISORDERS. DISABILITIES AND SCHOOL INCLUSION. NOTIONS OF HYGIENE. (10H)
MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. (2H)
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO THE TOPICS COVERED. (6H)
STUDENT-LED TEACHING SEMINARS ON TOPICS PERTAINING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL GUIDELINES, WITH REINFORCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE AND CONSOLIDATION OF SPECIFIC VOCABULARY SKILLS. (2H)
Teaching Methods
TEACHING INVOLVES THEORETICAL LECTURES AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES (30H). IN THE THEORETICAL LECTURES, TOPICS RELATED TO THE PLANNED CONTENT WILL BE EXPLAINED. IN THE LABORATORY EXERCISES WILL BE PROPOSED PROBLEMS WHOSE DISCUSSION REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL USE OF COURSE CONTENT. ATTENDANCE OF LECTURES IS COMPULSORY ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE TYPE OF DEGREE COURSE AND IS VERIFIED ELECTRONICALLY. LECTURES WILL BE CONDUCTED USING GRAPHIC PRESENTATIONS, THE FILES OF WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. THEIR CONTENT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR REFERENCE TEXTS, AS THEY CAN ONLY BE A REFERENCE GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY STUDY AND LECTURE ATTENDANCE.
Verification of learning
DURING THE COURSE, PARTICIPATING STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO TAKE INTERMEDIATE TESTS OF LEARNING, CONSISTING OF ORAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE CONDUCT OF A POSSIBLE BIOLOGY LECTURE IN THE FORM OF AN EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CLASS.
THE EXAMINATION INVOLVES THE CONDUCT OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW, LASTING A MAXIMUM OF 45 MINUTES, DURING WHICH WRITTEN ANSWERS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED.
THE EXAMINATION WILL INVOLVE AN EVALUATION IN THIRTIETHS, AND ADMISSION WILL DEPEND ON AN OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE ORAL INTERVIEW, IN RELATION TO THE MATURITY DEMONSTRATED ON THE COURSE CONTENT IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS USING CRITICALLY THE ACQUIRED NOTIONS.
HONORS MAY BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM GRADE OF 30/30 AND DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED DURING LECTURES AND LABS.
Texts
CURTIS, H.; BARNES, S.N.; SCHNEK, A.; MASSARINI, A.
INVITO ALLA BIOLOGIA, CELLULA - GENETICA - EVOLUZIONE - ANIMALI - PIANTE. PUBLISHED BY ZANICHELLI

KOOLMAN, J.; ROEHM, K.H. TESTO ATLANTE DI BIOCHIMICA. PUBLISHED BY ZANICHELLI

IL LABORATORIO DI BIOLOGIA. PUBLISHED BY ZANICHELLI

TINTI, B.; PAGLIACCIO, L.; CONTELLA, G.E. LABORATORIO DIDATTICO DI MICROBIOLOGIA, BIOLOGIA E BIOTECNOLOGIE. PUBLISHED BY PICCIN
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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: ITALIAN
MODE OF ATTENDANCE: COMPULSORY
LOCATION: PHARMACY DEPARTMENT
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