In this issue...

Engineering
	Adapting to the Fast Increasing Demands for Microelectronics: Curriculum Design and Teaching Strategies		1
		Jianhong Yang, Lanzhou University
Chemistry
	Using Problem Based Learning and Cooperative Group Learning in Teaching Instrumental Analysis		4
		Guiling Zhang, Ocean University of China
	Using Student Centred Learning Strategies in the Physical Chemistry Classroom		9
		Li Lei, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Mathematics
	Two Student-centered Teaching Methods in Mathematics		12
		Guohua Peng, Sichuan University
	The Combination of Traditional Teaching Method and Problem Based Learning		18
		Zhang Xiuping, Beijing Normal University
	Improving the Qualities of Teaching Calculus - By Modern Education Theories and Modern Technology		23
		Zhou Yuan, Fudan University
	Application of Contemporary Education Strategies to the Teaching of Operations Research		28
		Zhiping Chen, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Biology
	The Development of a Microbiology Course for a Large Class of Students of Diverse Backgrounds: A Review of Seven Years of Change in Zhongshan (Sun Yet-Sun) University, China		36
		Yun-Can Ai, Zhongshan (Sun Yet-Sen) University
	Improving Teaching and Learning in University Education		42
		Fan Limei, Zhejiang University
	Teaching Botany in English in China		46
		Lijun Wei, Harbin Institute of Technology and Mary Peat, The University of Sydney
	Building Bridges in Teaching Bioinformatics: The Use of Student-centred Teaching and Problem Based Learning in Cross-discipline Courses		51
		Yun-Can Ai, Zhongshan (Sun Yet-Sen) University and Neville Firth and Lars Jermiin, The University of Sydney
Geosciences
	Choosing and Using Appropriate Strategies to Improve Teaching and Learning in Sedimentology Courses at Peking University (Beidung)		57
		Chaodong Wu, Peking University, Tom Hubble, The University of Sydney, Xiancai Lu, Nanjing University, Fanglin Li, China University of Geosciences Wuhan and Changhou Zhang, China University of Geosciences Beijing
	Designing and Redesigning the Curriculum to Provide an Integrated and Challenging Program for Undergraduate Students in Earth Sciences with comparisons between Nanjing University and The University of Sydney		63
		Xiancai Lu, Nanjing University, Tom Hubble, The University of Sydney, Chaodong Wu, Peking University, Fanglin Li, China University of Geosciences Wuhan and Changhou Zhang, China University of Geosciences Beijing
	Improving the Curriculum: Introducing more Student-centered Teaching Strategies into the Tectonic Analysis Course		69
		Changhou Zhang, China University of Geosciences Beijing, Tom Hubble, The University of Sydney, Fanglin Li, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Chaodong Wu, Peking University, and Xiancai Lu, Nanjing University
	The Advantages and Disadvantages of Virtual Field Trips in Geoscience Education		75
		Weili Qiu, Beijing Normal University and Tom Hubble, The University of Sydney

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Please follow these guidelines when referencing papers: King, M. (2002) Title of paper. In M. Peat (ed.) The China Papers: Tertiary Science and Mathematics Teaching for the 21st Century, 1, page numbers.