ABSTRACT
Objective Comparing with traditional teaching methods of oral histopathology, to probe whether the interactive teaching system of the digital microscope can improve the teaching effi-ciency of experiment of oral histopathology courses. Methods The subjects were the 2010 grade students (40 students) and the 2011 grade students (38 students) majoring in stomatology of South Medical University, and they were evenly divided into 2 groups at random. In the first part of the ex-periment of Grade 2010, the teaching of traditional optical microscope was used in a group of experi-mental courses, and interactive teaching with digital microscope was used in the other group. In the second part of the experiment the two groups swapped the teaching method. While in the whole exper-iment of Grade 2011, traditional optical microscopes were adopted in one group, and in contrast, the interactive teaching system of the digital microscope was adopted in the other group. The P values of the 5 indexes were less than 0.05. After the courses, the 2010 grade students received the questionnaire survey and the 2011 grade students received the quiz about the experimental course, and then the evaluation results of the two groups were compared for t inspection, using SPSS software t test. Result The questionnaire results of Grade 2010 showed that the scores of digital microscope interactive group were higher than those of traditional teaching group in satisfaction with teaching , teacher-student interaction, classroom atmosphere active degree, learning interest, and the understanding of the teach-ing content. The experiment course content test results of Grade 2011 showed that the digital interactive group students averaged 46.26, while the average score of the traditional teaching group was 42.78%. The difference between the two groups had statistical significance, P=0.001. Conclusion Compared with the traditional teaching methods, the interactive teaching system of the digital microscope can enhance the academic grades, improve the teaching efficiency of experiment of oral histopathology courses, and elevate the teaching quality.
ABSTRACT
Various teaching methods can be applied comprehensively to the teaching of oral histopathology. The authors make a probe into the function and significance of flexible introduction of such means as enlightened approach to teaching,metaphorical teaching method,multimedia teaching method. The paper insists that these methods will bring many benefits in that they will help to promote students’autonomous learning,stimulate their thinking,cultivate their competence for observation and analysis,broaden their vision,and consequently improve the teaching quality.