Background to the Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology course
Students learn best by being mentally active and reflective using approaches which encourage student and teacher enthusiasm. Close liaison with a large number of teachers has ensured that their views on the philosophy, structure, range of teaching and learning methods and content of the course are incorporated.
A wide range of interests During the development of the SNAB course, discussions with academic and other specialist biologists allowed us to identify key areas of biology that are expected to make a significant contribution to the future of the subject and to society in general. More emphasis is needed on the tremendous advances presently being made in the subject in areas such as molecular Biology, cell Biology, medical physiology, genetics, biotechnology, biodiversity, conservation, behaviour and evolutionary studies.
