Student portfolio, innovative strategies for learning the subject of cellular respiration

Abstract

The topic of cellular respiration is part of the Medical Biology class, offered by Biology School to medical career students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, UNAH. The academic performance data about the apprenticeship on this topic reflects the need to improve in the achievement of educational objectives. It´s like that, that the project of Student Portfolio, innovative strategies on cellular respiration learning arises, an educative innovation that was implemented in the third academic period 2015 and the first academic period 2016. The main objective of the project was to create teaching tools for the implementation of an innovative methodology for learning the subject of cellular respiration, based on competences. In this article, we share the process carried out, the results of this experience of teaching innovation, as well as the didactic products generated to innovate the way to approach this topic in the class.