Workshop on Undergraduate Education in Cognitive Science; November, 1992; Washington, DC

为期两天的计划研讨会将在华盛顿特区举行，以详细考虑本科生认知科学教育的现状，并对未来的方向提出建议。该研讨会最初是在1991年国家科学基金会认知科学倡议规划研讨会的最后报告中提出的。将有大约16名认知科学界的代表参加，他们来自学院、大学和工业界，以及来自NSF和其他政府机构的项目人员。研讨会之前将对现有的认知科学项目进行调查。研讨会将讨论如何为认知科学专业带来更多的智力一致性，入门课程在招生中的作用，计算资源在本科课程中的作用，认知科学研究的新发展对本科课程的影响，以及各种教师和学生发展计划在改善本科认知科学教育中的作用。最终报告将就认知科学教育的未来发展提出建议，并将成立参与者工作组，以落实其中一些建议。

A two-day planning workshop will be held in Washington, DC, to consider in detail the current state of undergraduate cognitive science education and to issue recommendations for future directions. The workshop was initially suggested in the final report of the 1991 planning workshop for the cognitive science initiative at the National Science Foundation. It will be attended by approximately sixteen representatives of the cognitive science community, drawn from colleges, universities, and industry, as well as by program personnel from NSF and other government agencies. A survey of existing cognitive science programs will be conducted prior to the workshop. The workshop will consider ways to bring more intellectual coherence to the cognitive science major, the role of introductory courses in student recruitment, the role of computational resources in undergraduate programs, the implications of new developments in cognitive science research for the undergraduate curriculum, and the role of various kinds of faculty and student development programs in the improvement of undergraduate cognitive science education. The final report will issue recommendations for the future development of cognitive science education, and working subgroups of participants will be formed to pursue some of the recommendations.