The Greenhouse Effect: An Interdisciplinary Case Study for Liberal Arts Majors

温室效应：文科专业跨学科案例研究

• 批准号: 9354742
• 负责人: Joe Pifer
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-02-01 至 1997-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9354742&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Greenhouse; Effect; Interdisciplinary; Case; Study

9354742 Pifer One of the most critical shortfalls nationwide in science education today is our failure to impart scientific literacy to the non-science student. Watered-down survey courses may teach some basic scientific facts and jargon, but they rarely give students the critical skills necessary to function effectively in a technological society. We propose to develop an interdisciplinary course that studies a complex, multifaceted problem, the Greenhouse Effect, from many points of view-- scientific, economic, political--as a way of building scientific literacy in these students. The course will treat the scientific background of the Greenhouse Effect, its impact on the earth and human society, and ways to minimize the impact with an emphasis on alternative energy sources including a detailed case study of nuclear energy. Formal lectures will be avoided. Students will be given short lecture presentations, but for the most part will be engaged in discourse among themselves in which they will ask questions of the instructors and with faculty experts on the meaning and implications of the presentations and of readings. A series of laboratory exercises is designed to illustrate the physical principles involved in the Greenhouse Effect. The course will culminate with written reports and oral group presentations on case studies carried out by the groups on non-nuclear alternative fuels from a scientifically informed point of view.

9354742皮弗尔当今全国科学教育中最严重的缺陷之一是我们未能向非科学学生传授科学素养。经过淡化的调查课程可能会教授一些基本的科学事实和术语，但它们很少教给学生在技术社会中有效运作所必需的关键技能。我们建议开设一门跨学科的课程，从科学、经济、政治等多个角度研究温室效应这一复杂的、多方面的问题，作为培养这些学生科学素养的一种方式。本课程将介绍温室效应的科学背景、其对地球和人类社会的影响，以及将影响最小化的方法，重点是替代能源，包括核能的详细案例研究。将避免正式的讲座。学生们将会有简短的演讲，但大多数情况下，他们将参与到他们自己的讨论中，他们将向教师和教师专家就演讲和阅读的意义和含义提出问题。设计了一系列的实验练习来说明温室效应所涉及的物理原理。课程将以书面报告和口头小组报告结束，这些小组从科学的角度对非核替代燃料进行了案例研究。