美国通识教育改革的理念与行动——以伊利诺伊州立大学生物课改革为例

Theory into Practice: The Reform of General Education in the U.S.──A Case Study of Biological Science 101

提高大学通识课的质量关乎整个高等教育的质量。本文以美国伊利诺伊州立大学生物学通识课改革为个案，分析美国通识教育的理念是如何见诸于课程目标定位、课程内容的整合以及教学方式与手段的更新，以期对我国高校教学改革有所启示。

Improving the quality of general education courses is essential to the overall quality of higher education. This study is to analyze how the rationale of general education is translated into course objectives, contents and classroom practice in the US based on the case study of the curriculum reform of biological science 101 at Illinois State University. It is intended to throw light on the instructional reform in higher education at home.