Planning Grant for Development of Systemic Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

9455826修订这笔拨款支持准备一项大型系统课程计划的建议，该计划将以学生的学习经验为中心，并将鼓励教职员工和学生(1)讨论和了解应用化学在我们社会中的重要性；(2)参与鼓励探索和合作学习的活动；(3)参与更多样化的教学策略；以及(4)利用新技术作为实施这些学习方法的手段。要开发的课程材料将基于三个部分的平衡：(1)化学的事实方面(内容)，(2)化学在我们日常生活中的作用，(3)寻找和发现信息的过程，以及解决问题的过程。这个项目的目的是开发各种各样的资源，这些资源将吸引学生进入化学的上述三个方面，教师可以从这些资源中选择最适合他们自己的学生以及他们的兴趣和才能的材料。提案的制定将侧重于(A)内容和概念排序，(B)适当使用技术，(C)教育战略，以及(D)传播、教师讲习班、演示文稿和出版物的结构。

9455826 Amend This grant supports preparation of a proposal for a major systemic curriculum project that will place students at the center of their learning experience, and will encourage both faculty and students to (1) discuss and understand the importance of applied chemistry in our society; (2) participate in activities that encourage exploration and cooperative learning; (3) engage in a greater diversity of instructional strategies; and (4) exploit the role of new technologies as a means of implementing these approaches to learning. The curricular materials to be developed will be based on a three-part balance between (1) the factual aspects of chemistry (content), (2) the role of chemistry in our daily lives, and (3) the process by which information is located and discovered, and by which problems are solved. It is the intent of this project to develop a wide variety of resources which will draw students into all three of the above aspects of chemistry, and from which faculty may select material that best serves their own students and their interests and talents. Proposal development will focus on (a) content and concept sequencing, (b) appropriate use of technology, (c) educational strategies, and (d) a structure for dissemination, faculty workshops, presentations and publications.