Special Role of Biological Courses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Relieving Students’ Anxiety

Abstract

The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people by the closing of schools and universities. During COVID-9 pandemic, undergraduate students not only have to adapt to remote learning environment but also withstand huge psychological shocks and pressures, experience nervousness, fear, anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems. Therefore, teachers need to pay due attention and provide appropriate intervention. Biological courses, as important compulsory courses for bio-related disciplines and the elective courses offered to first- and second-year undergraduates, thus bear essential responsibilities. Biological courses should strengthen education on how humans have successfully overcome infectious diseases in history so as to build confidence against the pandemic, reduce students’ anxiety and fear, and establish the correct concept of protection. Teachers should also help students realize the importance of biological knowledge in the process of fighting the disease, enhance their motivation and interests of learning, and improve teaching effectiveness. Biological courses should and are possible to play a more important role to help students re-establish their confidence against COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19, Biological courses, Re-establish the confidence, Against pandemic.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-10-04

Publication date: April 30^th 2021