In this issue...

Engineering and Physics
	Improvement of Physics teaching with problem based learning		1
		Wu Jian, Hohai University
	A problem based learning course for fostering generic skills		5
		Mei Zhonglei, Lanzhou University
	Using contemporary education strategies and approaches to redesign Classical Electrodynamics		12
		Wang Yue, Beijing University of Technology
	Physics is fun, exciting and simple		17
		Xiao-Li Wu, Beijine Institute of Technology
	Incorporating contemporary education theories into Physics of Semiconductor Devices		23
		Yao Li, University of Science and Technology of China
Chemistry
	Using a problem based learning approach to improve the teaching quality of Analytical Chemistry		28
		Liu Yu, Tianjin University
	Building a bridge to a student-centred learning environment in Instrumental Analysis		32
		Wu Xiaoping, Fuzhou University
	Using contemporary teaching and learning strategies in Organic Chemistry teaching		38
		Zhang Qian, Northeast Normal University
Biological Sciences
	Reforming a course in Horticultural Science		44
		Gao-Zhihong, Nanjing Agricultural University and Charlotte E. Taylor, University of Sydney
	Applying student-centred strategies in the course of Environmental Biology		50
		Xu Xiaoyan, University of Science and Technology of China
	Using contemporary education strategies to improve teaching and learning in a botany course at Beijing Forestry University		54
		Liu Zhonghua, Beijing Forsetry University
	Strategies of teaching and learning in General Ecology		60
		Feng Jinchao, The Central University for Nationalities
	A review and recognition of teaching strategies in Cell Biology: A shift to student-centred teaching		67
		Ni Hong, Nankai University
	A shift from traditional teacher-centred strategy to student-centred strategy in genetics teaching		73
		Qianjin Liang, Beijing Normal University
Earth, Environmental and Space Sciences
	Teaching Petrolem Geology in third year using problem based learning		84
		Fu Qiang, Tongji University and Tom Hubble, University of Sydney
	Making online learning more student-centred in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Nanjing		78
		Dong Shaochun, Nanjing University and Tom Hubble, University of Sydney
Mathematics
	Promoting active and deep learning in my classroom		94
		Chai Zhiming, University of Petroleum
	Computer aided teaching in Linear Algebra		100
		Huibin Wu, Beijing Institute of Technology
	Some thought on the way in which calculus is taught and learned		103
		Xinhui Shi, Ocean University of China
	A plan for student-centred learning in a Computer Programming course		111
		Xu Hong, Fudan University

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