Download IV. Students` responses A few extras for creative teaching

How to Turn the Ordinary into
the Extraordinary in Teaching
Liang-Yo Yang, DVM, Ph.D.
楊良友
Department of Physiology
Taipei Medical University
Contents
I. What is creative teaching?
II. Innovative activities for promoting
neuroscience education
III. How do we carry out these activities?
IV. Students’ responses
V. A few extras for creative teaching
VI. Suggestions
I. What is creative teaching?
II. Innovative activities for promoting
neuroscience education
Goals: 1. To promote neuroscience education in a series
of fun, innovative and well-organized activities
2. To cultivate students’ interest in neuroscience,
to train students’ ability of independent
thinking and to inspire students’ creativity
III. How do we carry out these activities?
Aim: 1. To promote neuroscience education in a series
of fun, innovative and well-organized activities
Activity 1: Sensory response of humans
and rats to IR stimulus
Activities 2 ~ 4:Understanding the mechanisms of learning
and memory
Activity 1: Plantar analgesia test
Objectives: 1. To let students understand the individual differences
in sensory response
2. To let students see the similarity in the stimulusresponse between humans and rats
Activity 2: Stereotaxic apparatus and
neuroscience research
Objectives: To show students how to locate specific brain
regions using the stereotaxic apparatus and to teach
students its broad applications
Activity 3: Water maze test for evaluation of
learning and memory in mice
Objective: To allow students to “witness” that mice can learn the
location of the hidden platform
Activity 4: Watch the video “The brain: our
universe within”
Objective: To teach students the basic mechanisms of learning
and memory
This video explains the known mechanisms of learning and
memory and illustrates the importance of hippocampus in
learning and memory with a vivid example.
III. How do we carry out these activities?
Aim 2. To cultivate students’ interest in neuroscience,
to train students’ ability of independent
thinking and to inspire students’ creativity
Activity 5: Presentation of stories of prominent neuroscientists
Activity 5: Presentation of Stories of
Prominent Neuroscientists
Instructions for preparing the presentation
1. Give a general introduction of a prominent neuroscientist.
2. Give an introduction of the research background.
3. What observations have led him/her to propose the hypothesis?
4. What is his/her hypothesis?
5. How did they test their hypothesis?
6. What is his/her major contribution to the research field?
7. Summary of his/her findings and the impact of the findings on
the future research
Activity 5: Presentation of Stories of
Prominent Neuroscientists
Flow chart for preparing this assignment
Groups of 7 students meet, discuss and select a topic on stories
of Prominent Neuroscientists (Keep meeting records).
Every member has to find the appropriate materials according
to the instructions provided by the instructor.
Discuss the collected materials and give each member a
specific assignment
Organize the materials, prepare the Power Point presentation
and rehearse the presentation several times
Oral presentation and final paper report including meeting records
Example 1
Example 2
神經科學家---阿爾維德.卡爾森
（ ARVID CARLSSON）
組員：黃耕、蔡俐慧、李伊婷、
趙于葳、謝幸誼、黃曼芬、高敏靜
IV. Students’ responses to experiments
IV. Students’ responses to presenting
stories of prominent neuroscientists
IV. Students’ responses
Students design neuroscience experiments for their
competition of experimental design
Exp 1: Will different visual stimuli affect the EEG?
Exp 2: Will mice learn to exit the maze?
Exp 3: Will mice learn to avoid electric mosquito rack?
V. A few extras for creative teaching
V. A few extras for creative teaching
1. Turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
Example 1:
Point (Erection) and Shoot (Ejaculation)
Parasympathetic and Sympathetic
The sympathetic and parasympathetic
divisions
Parasympathetic division
Sympathetic division
Action on target organs:
Location of
preganglionic neurons:
brainstem and sacral
segments of spinal cord
Action on target organs:
Dilates pupil
of eye
Constricts pupil
of eye
Inhibits salivary
gland secretion
Stimulates salivary
gland secretion
Location of
preganglionic neurons:
thoracic and lumbar
segments of spinal cord
Have antagonistic effects on target organs
Neurotransmitter
released by
preganglionic neurons:
acetylcholine
Constricts
bronchi in lungs
Sympathetic
ganglia
Cervical
Accelerates heart
Slows heart
Location of
postganglionic neurons:
in ganglia close to or
within target organs
Stimulates activity
of stomach and
intestines
Stimulates
gallbladder
Thoracic
Inhibits activity
of pancreas
Stimulates glucose
release from liver;
inhibits gallbladder
Promotes emptying
of bladder
Figure 48.22
Location of
postganglionic neurons:
some in ganglia close to
target organs; others in
a chain of ganglia near
spinal cord
Lumbar
Stimulates
adrenal medulla
Promotes erection
of genitalia
Neurotransmitter
released by
preganglionic neurons:
acetylcholine
Inhibits activity of
stomach and intestines
Stimulates activity
of pancreas
Neurotransmitter
released by
postganglionic neurons:
acetylcholine
Relaxes bronchi
in lungs
Inhibits emptying
of bladder
Synapse
Sacral
Promotes ejaculation and
vaginal contractions
Neurotransmitter
released by
postganglionic neurons:
norepinephrine
1. Turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
Example 2 Anion (-)
Cation (+)
Example 3 oligodendrocytes
Schwann cells
(PNS)
(CNS)
2. Let students experience that knowledge
is power
3. IRS system is good, but personal
interaction with students is much better.
4. Make learning a lot of fun and interesting
Nervous system
Vivid example
Reproduction
Male copulatory behavior
Female copulatory behavior
Teaching can be fun, interesting,
and innovative
Suggestions
1. Set up a wireless microphone in the classroom
2. Outstanding Teachers Hall of Fame
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