Cross-Discipline Integration in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

摘要：传统教育的设计是使每个学科都有独立于其他学科的课程。这种将知识划分的倾向有效地否定了“现实世界”问题的内在联系。在今天的信息时代，我们需要通过提供一个强调相互关联部分重要性的全球概览来教学生利用大量可用的信息。该项目的目标之一是通过要求学生使用技术作为工具参与研究多学科性质的问题来扭转学科分离的趋势。布劳沃德社区学院（BCC）将通过实施将数学、科学、工程和技术（MSET）学科整合为综合课程的课程改革来实现这一目标。MSET-Web的学生将互动完成具有共同目标的多课程项目。互动将通过创建一个探索中心来促进，学生将与其他学生、教师、各种企业和政府机构合作。通过这些项目，学生将参与现场数据的收集、分析、图像处理和建模。该中心还将通过建立一个互联网主页来汇编和传播mset网站上项目产生的信息，从而成为一个虚拟的思想会议。这一举措肯定了对知识的相互联系的理解比独立的部分更重要。这种通过整合学习的新方法将对未来大学水平的学习产生重大影响。将教师再认证课程纳入该倡议还将有助于向大学预科学生传播这种创新的学习方法。所有级别的毕业生都将能够将概念从一个知识领域推断到另一个知识领域，从而为在现实世界中取得成功做好更好的准备。

Abstract: Traditional education is designed so that each discipline has curricula which is independent of other disciplines. This tendency to compartmentalize knowledge effectively negates the inherent interconnections of "real-world" problems. In today's information age, we need to teach our students to exploit the vast amount of information available by providing a global overview that stresses the importance of the interconnected parts. One of the objectives of this project is to reverse the tendency to separate academic disciplines by demanding that students engage in studying problems of a multidisciplinary nature using technology as a tool. Broward Community College (BCC) will accomplish this objective by implementing a curricular reform which integrates the disciplines of Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology (MSET) into a comprehensive curriculum. Students in the MSET-Web will interact in the completion of multi- course projects that share common goals. Interaction will be facilitated by the creation of an Exploration Center where students will work cooperatively with other students, faculty, and variouq businesses and government agencies. Through these projects students will engage in the collection, analysis, image processing, and modeling of field data. The Center will also serve as a virtual meeting of the minds through the establishment of an Intemet Homepage for the compilation and dissemination of information generated by the projects in the MSET-Web. This initiative is an affirmation that an understanding of the interconnections of knowledge is more important than the independent pieces. This new approach to learning through integration will significantly impact future learning at the college level. Inclusion of teacher re-certification courses in this initiative will also help disseminate this innovative approach to learning to precollege students. Graduates at all levels will be capable of extrapolating concepts from one area of knowledge to another, and therefore b e better prepared to succeed in the real world.