Project Kaleidoscope Workshops: Programs That Work for Faculty Enrichment

万花筒项目将在1995年和1996年每年为科学和数学系的大学生举办一系列协调的讲习班。 这些工作计划的研讨会，每个涉及大约20个三人机构参与者团队，将强调本科科学和数学的课堂和实验室的增强。 这些PKAL讲习班的目标是：（1）传播关于目前本科科学和数学教学改革努力的信息，这些改革在一个机构内产生了系统性的变化，并改进了一门课程;（2）鼓励与课程改革有关的教师建立区域和国家网络; 3）培养一个支持本科科学和数学进步的国家环境。 研讨会将集中在八个问题：振兴介绍课程1）生物学，2）化学，3）数学和4）物理学; 5）科学作为一种文科; 6）跨学科课程; 7）以研究为基础的课程，和8）少数民族学生成功的方案。 每个问题，将在一系列研讨会上提出，将由研讨会咨询委员会和问题工作队协调，根据他们在PKAL中的领导地位，他们参与PKAL计划的情况以及社区对他们工作的认可来选择个人。

Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) will operate a coordinated series of workshops for undergraduate faculty in the sciences and mathematics during each year 1995 and 1996. These workshops on Program that Work, each involving approximately 20 three-person institutional participant teams, will emphasize classroom and laboratory enhancements in undergraduate science and mathematics. The objectives for these PKAL Workshops are 1) to disseminate information on current reform efforts in teaching undergraduate science and mathematics, reforms that have created systemic change within an institution and as well as improved one course; 2) to encourage regional and national networks of faculty concerned with curriculum reform; 3) to foster a national environment which supports improvements in undergraduate science and mathematics. The Workshops will focus on eight issues: Revitalizing Introductory Courses in 1) Biology, 2) Chemistry, 3) Mathematics and 4) Physics; 5) Science as a Liberal Art; 6) Interdisciplinary Programs; 7) The Research-based Curriculum, and 8) Programs for Minority Student Success. Each issue, to be presented in a series of workshops, will be coordinated by a Workshop Advisory Board and issues Task Forces, individuals selected on the basis of their leadership in PKAL, their involvement with a PKAL Program that Works, and the recognition of their work by the community.