Statewide Chemistry and Physical Science Courses by Satellite TV

博雅艺术中心与弗吉尼亚大学化学系合作，计划在1989年1月至5月的14个星期六为大约300名高中化学教师提供全州范围的电视直播课程，并在1990年为八年级物理科学教师提供类似的课程。该项目的长期目标是通过增加科学知识和提高教师的教学和职业意识来提高弗吉尼亚学校学生的科学素养。这些课程以1987年成功的创新物理课程为蓝本，将满足教师对主题的能力感，本领域的最新信息，掌握演示方法以及与本学科其他实践者交流的需求。这门名为“地球上生命的化学网络”的化学课程将提供三小时的研究生学分，适合重新认证。课程将强调地球生命对基本化学过程的依赖，教学大纲将基于参与教师需求评估的反应。活动将包括讲座、演示、视频参观活跃的研究实验室以及与各自领域的领导者进行讨论。教师们将在他们家附近的七间教室中的一间上课，在那里他们将接受大学水平教师的指导，并通过桌子上的开放式麦克风与讲师和其他参与者互动。在每节三小时的课程中，一小时将被分配到当地课堂的活动中，教师将合作解决与讲座相关的问题，并制定将课程内容翻译到自己课堂的策略。这应该为在非常可行的地理区域建立教师网络提供机会，并提供接触大学一级工作人员的机会。该模型的交互模式在以往的物理课程中已被证明是成功的。来自大学、行业和学校的外部资金约占申请拨款的10%。

The Center for the Liberal Arts, in cooperation with the department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia, plans a live statewide televised course for an estimated 300 high school teachers of chemistry on fourteen Saturdays from January to May l989, and a similar course for eigth grade physical science teachers in l990. The long range goal of this project is to increase the scientific literacy among students in Virginia schools through the increased science knowledge and heightened instructional and career awareness of their teachers. Modelled after a successful and innovative physics course broadcoast in l987, these courses will address the needs of the teachers for a sense of competence in subject matter, updated information in their field, mastery of demonstration methods and communication with other practitioners of their discipline. Entitled "The Chemical Web of Life on Planet Earth", the chemistry course will provide three hours of graduate credit, suitable for recertification purposes. The course will stress the dependence of terrestrial life on fundamental chemical processes, the syllabus will be based on responses to a needs assessment of the participating teachers. Activities will include lecture, demonstrations, video tours of active research laboratories and discussion with leaders in their fields. Teachers will meet in one of seven classrooms near their homes, where they will receive guidance from college-level instructors and interact with the lecturer and other participants through open microphones on their desks. During each three-hour session, one hour will be allotted to activities in the local classroom, where teacher will work cooperatively on problems related to the lectures and plan strategies for translating course content to their own classrooms. This should provide the opportunities for teacher networks to be established in very feasible geographical regions, as well as to provide access to the the university level staff. The interactive mode of this model has proven to be successful in the previous physics course. Outside funding from the University, industry and schools represents about a 10% ratio of the requested grant.