Faculty Advancement In Mathematics (FAIM)

数学正在经历显著的进步，数学应用的范围正在扩大到新的学科，接触到更多样化的学生群体。为所有级别的未来数学教师提供的课程和其他教育经验提供了一个重要的楔子，将有助于带来本科课程的这场革命。正如许多现有的大学教职员工不能将当代数学及其应用融入他们的教学中一样，许多目前正准备在小学和中学任教的本科生也没有足够的意识到当代重要的数学。重要的是，在所有级别的教师的本科生准备中，应该增加当代数学应用的存在。为应对这一机遇和挑战，计划在1996年和1997年夏季举办讲习班。这些讲习班每个为期两周，每个讲习班有25人参加。1996年的讲习班将在弗吉尼亚联邦大学和美国军事学院举行。每个工作坊的重点将是数学在数学建模、离散数学和几何等广泛定义的领域中的当代应用。它们将以日益强调和重要的数学主题为特色。

Mathematics is undergoing remarkable advances, the scope of mathematical applications is broadening into new disciplines, reaching a more diverse student population. Courses and other educational experiences for prospective mathematics teachers at all levels provide an important wedge that will help bring about this revolution in the undergraduate curriculum. Just as many current college faculty are not in a position to infuse contemporary mathematics and its applications into their teaching, many undergraduates who are currently preparing to teach at the elementary and secondary levels are also not sufficiently aware of important current mathematics. It is important that the presence of contemporary applications of mathematics be increased in the undergraduate preparation of those who will teach at all levels. To address this opportunity and challenge, workshops are scheduled for the summers of 1996 and 1997. These workshops will each be of two-week duration, with 25 participants per workshop. The workshops in 1996 will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University and the United States Military Academy. The focus of each workshop will be contemporary applications of mathematics in the broadly defined areas of mathematical modeling, discrete mathematics, and geometry. They will feature mathematical topics of increasing emphasis and importance.