Activities and Methodology

The methodology used in this subject to achieve the learning process is a project based learning approach, based on making the student work the information that is available to her/him. The role of the teaching staff is to give you the information or to indicate where you can get it and help it, with tutorials, so that the learning process can be carried out effectively. 

Within the framework of the course, Service-Learning (S-L) can be developed. Through this approach, students learn by participating in a project aimed at addressing a real need in a community, thus improving people's living conditions or the quality of the environment.

To achieve the course objectives, the following activities are undertaken:

Classroom sessions

Part of the content of the program of the subject will be accessible by students through thematic capsules, documents or videos, which can be accessed at any time. There will be sessions of discussion or debate on specific topics with the whole class group, and most classroom sessions will be work sessions where students will develop the project of the subject, and the teaching staff will be present in-person to guide in the elaboration of this. The sessions will be complemented by the display of animations and videos related to the topics covered in class. Part of the content of the subject will be developed through student learning activities, by solving questions raised by the teaching staff that will be resolved either during the session or at the beginning of the session (when they serve as a review of content or questions of interest to the whole group) or at the end of it as questions for reflection. The TIC material used by teachers will be available on the virtual platform. It is essential that students consult and work on the material and have it accessible during classroom sessions, especially to be able to use it as a support when working and advancing in the development of theproject. It is advisable for students to regularly consult the books recommended in the Bibliography section in order to consolidate and clarify, if necessary, the TIC content approved by the teaching staff. With these classroom sessions students acquire the basic knowledge of the subject, which must be complemented by personal study, and apply this knowledge to a practical case, the project of the subject.

Seminars

They will consist of lectures, where we will discuss in groups current issues / transfers previously programmed by the teaching staff. The participation of the students will be valued. The mission of the seminars is to promote critical thinking and awareness in relation to environmental issues.

Field and laboratory practices

Field practices, visits and laboratory will consist of outings to obtain and measure research parameters in the field of ichthyology. The laboratory practices will be aimed at the processing of samples / data and treatment of results of field practice. There will also be different practices where subjects will be given about the anatomical and functional aspects, as well as aspects of diversity.

One of the laboratory practices will be devoted to a practical group work that will consist of generating a question in consensus with the students based on a justified background, and a hypothesis to be resolved through work. This work is a fundamental component of training. The final document will be the creation of a poster in which the experience will be summarized.

During this course, one of the fieldtrips to the sea is coordinated with a fieldtrip from the subject Biology and diversity of non-arthropod invertebrates. The fieldtrip has been coordinated in calendar and destination (Montgrí Natural Park, the Medes Islands and the Baix Ter), in order to encourage students to attend the two subjects. One day in the sea will bedevoted to Biology and diversity of non-arthropod invertebrates and the other day at sea in Ichthyology. In the case of taking the two subjects, the stay in Estartit is carried out by the students.

Tutorials

The purpose of these sessions is to solve doubts, to review basic concepts not explained in class and to guide the sources consulted by students. The schedule of the individualized tutorials will be specified with the teaching staff. The tutorials will also be used to track the work of the seminar and to follow the practical work.

The aim of these sessions is to resolve doubts, review basic concepts not explained in class and guide on the sources consulted by students. The schedule of individualized tutorials will be specified with the teaching staff. The tutorials will also be used to monitor the practical final work.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.