U.S.-Australia Cooperative Science Program: International Chautauqua Short Course Program in Australia

小行星9322269 肖托夸夸短期课程是一个年度系列论坛，其中来自不同科学的学者与本科教师会面数天，交流新知识，概念和技术，这些都是立即有益于教学和研究。 该项目于1970年启动，目前仍获得国家科学基金会的资助。 在加州州立大学系统研究和赞助项目主任弗朗西斯·P·科利亚博士和美国肖托夸项目执行主任兼匹兹堡大学材料科学系主任尼古拉斯·埃罗教授的指导下，该奖项将研究这种机制从美国到澳大利亚的可转移性。 位于维多利亚克莱顿的莫纳什大学高等教育咨询和研究部主任特里·霍尔教授是澳大利亚的主要同行。 澳大利亚被选为肖托夸项目的国际化地点，是因为美国组织者认为澳大利亚为最广泛地传播课程提供了最好的机会，澳大利亚的同行将积极促进出勤率，并且有九所澳大利亚大学同意参加该项目。 在过去三年中，十个肖托夸夸短期课程获得了杰出的评价，每个参与者都给予了杰出的评价。 经与澳大利亚组织者协商，已选定其中三个课程在澳大利亚使用。 这些课程是：研究学习物理和教学的影响;分子方法的遗传学，进化，生态学，系统分类学，行为学和保护生物学的研究;和，使用HyperCard创建交互式超媒体。 三门课程中的每一门都将开设三次，因此九所参与的澳大利亚大学将分别作为一个课程地点。 该奖项主要涵盖 提供课程指导的美国学者的旅费和每日津贴。 还包括一些额外的支助费用，包括用品、出版物和评价费用。 预计在美国-澳大利亚研究基金会的支持下，1995-1996学年将开展一项互惠计划，由澳大利亚学者在美国开设短期课程。

9322269 Collea The Chautauqua Short Courses are an annual series of forums in which scholars from various sciences meet for several days with undergraduate faculty to communicate new knowledge, concepts and techniques which are immediately beneficial to teaching and research. This program, which was initiated in 1970, continues to receive National Science Foundation funding. This award, under the direction of Dr. Francis P. Collea, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs for the California State University System, and Prof. Nicholas Eror, Executive Director of the U.S. Chautauqua Program and Chair of the Materials Sciences Department at the University of Pittsburgh, will examine the transferability of this mechanism from an American to an Australian setting. Prof. Terry Hore, Director of the Higher Education Advisory and Research Unit at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, serves as the primary Australian counterpart. Australia was selected for this internationalization of the Chautauqua Program based on the belief by the U.S. organizing group that Australia offered the greatest opportunity for the widest dissemination of the courses, the Australian counterparts would aggressively promote attendance, and that nine Australian universities have agreed to participate in the program. Over the past three years ten Chautauqua Short Courses received outstanding reviews in that every participant gave it an outstanding rating. In consultation with the Australian organizers, three of these courses have been selected for use in Australia. These courses are: Research on Learning Physics and Implications for Instruction; Molecular Approaches to the Study of Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, Systematics, Behavior, and Conservation Biology; and, Creating Interactive HyperMedia Using HyperCard. Each of the three courses will be offered three times, thus the nine participating Australian universities will each serve as a course site. This award primarily covers the travel and per diem expenses of the American scholars providing the course instruction. Some additional support costs including supplies, publications and evaluation costs are also included. It is anticipated that through the support of the American- Australian Studies Foundation a reciprocal program will be mounted during the 1995-1996 academic year in which Australian scholars will present short courses in the U.S.