Open AccessPhysics for non-physicists - two bio-degrees reforms in Spanish universities: Health Biology and Biology
Author(s) -
L. Herrera-Melle,
F. Cussó,
G. Lifante,
Alejandro Romero,
María-Ribera Sancho
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1287/1/012031
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , mathematics education , biological sciences , biology , degree (music) , physics , mathematics , computational biology , computer science , acoustics , programming language
We present a review of two different innovative experiences of Physics education for Bio-Sciences in two Spanish Universities - the Health Biology degree of the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (UAH) and the Biology degree of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Both experiences took place simultaneously and coincident with the implementation of Bologna Plan. Although they were developed under different contextual constraints, set by the respective Faculties, they share a number of similar pedagogical strategies which are analyzed. In both cases the reforms allowed a substantial improvement in learning results compared to those obtained in the previous Physics courses in the respective degrees.