Systemic Change In The Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

本科化学课程的系统性变革

• 批准号: 9450611
• 负责人: David Chittenden
• 金额: $ 4.42万
• 依托单位: Arkansas State University Main Campus
• 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: 1994-01-01 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9450611&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Systemic; Change; Undergraduate; Chemistry; Curriculum

9450611 Chittenden The Arkansas Consortium of Chemistry Programs wishes to reorganize their chemistry programs in parallel with the NSF-funded Arkansas Statewide Systemic Initiative for the improvement of science education, an initiative focused principally in the K-12 sector but having 13-16 extensions. The proposed study will have three segments: the reorganization of the curriculum as a whole and of specific courses within the curriculum; attendant changes in the delivery of classroom instruction; and of laboratory instruction. The production of new textual materials will follow from these innovations. The vehicle for promulgating curricular changes and their delivery will be recent advances in computing and communications. We will study technologies such as: distance learning using interactive uplink/downlink systems; computer modelling and simulation; personal computer-based data acquisition/analysis systems for teaching laboratories; chemistry-related computational and drill software, video, and interactive CD-ROM. We propose to include broad, thematic elements in our BS and BSE programs, statewide, in Chemistry and in related programs: biology, engineering, pre-healing arts - pre-med, pre-dent, pre-vet. These common themes, stressed strongly in the lower division courses, will be chosen after careful study of existing and potential model curricula. Particularly stressed will be the theme that contemporary chemistry is conducted as a more interdisciplinary enterprise than current compartmentalized chemistry curricula would suggest. ***

9450611阿肯色州化学计划联盟希望在重组其化学计划的同时，与国家科学基金会资助的阿肯色州范围内改善科学教育的系统倡议并行，该倡议主要侧重于K-12部门，但有13-16个扩展。拟议的研究将分为三个部分：整个课程和课程内具体课程的重组；随之而来的课堂教学的变化；以及实验室教学的变化。新的文本材料的生产将伴随着这些创新。公布课程改革及其实施的工具将是计算机和通信领域的最新进展。我们将研究的技术包括：使用交互式上行/下行系统的远程学习；计算机建模和模拟；教学实验室基于个人计算机的数据采集/分析系统；与化学有关的计算和演练软件、视频和交互式光盘。我们建议在我们的BS和BSE项目中，在全州范围内，在化学和相关项目中包括广泛的主题元素：生物学、工程学、康复前艺术-医学预科、牙科预科、兽医预科。这些共同主题将在仔细研究现有和潜在的示范课程后选择，这些主题在较低级别的课程中得到了大力强调。特别强调的是，当代化学是作为一项跨学科的事业进行的，而不是目前划分的化学课程所建议的那样。***