Improvement of Cultivation Quality of Future Environmental Protection Talents: from Scientific Literacy Aspects

Abstract

In recent years, as the development of environment science, new demands are needed for the cultivation of environmental protection talents. The improvement of scientific literacy has become an urgent need in the cultivation of undergraduate students major in environmental science and engineering. A good talent training model can promote the output of environmental protection talents and support the future environmental construction. In this paper, authors introduced the settings and practice of “Environmental Microbiology Practice” (EMP) in Miami College of Henan University. The teaching group of Miami College believed that EMP is the most suitable teaching link to help undergraduates understand the frontiers of the subject and improve scientific research thinking and did a series of reforms on the EMP course around (1) Current microbiological industry practice; (2) Frontier expansion of environmental microbiology; (3) Cultivation of scientific literacy. Combined with the students’ achievements and a questionnaire, the effectiveness of EMP has also been analyzed. By analyzing the practice of EMP in Miami College, this study provided an effective way for the improvement of scientific literacy and quality of undergraduate students. This cultivation idea and method is also of great significance for the cultivation of reserve talents of environmental protection who meet the needs of environmental scientific research and environmental protection in the new era.