Science and Technology for the Environment; Environmental Literacy and Decision Making

这一课程开发项目的总体目标是编写一本练习和教学工具手册，可用于向广泛的工程和理科本科生教授环境问题。课程将包括a)可纳入个别纪律课程的单元，以及b)独立课程的完整课程。这些材料将由罗斯-胡尔曼理工学院(Rose-Hulman)和卡内基梅隆大学联合编写。材料的准备包括初步准备、实施、评估和修订。该项目的具体内容如下：使用以问题为基础的方法开发教学工具和练习，在本科生中教授环境意识。材料的开发将使其既可以用于环境问题的课程，也可以作为现有学科课程的独立模块，如热力学、材料和能量平衡等。该材料将与卡内基梅隆大学联合开发，以增加开发的练习的种类，以及可以使用的课程数量。将这些教学工具作为卡内基梅隆大学和Rose-Hulman目前教授的课程的一部分进行评估。在Rose-Hulman，这些材料将用于土木工程专业初级学生的必修课。在这两个机构使用这些材料将使我们能够接触到不同的学生群体。该项目的一个重要组成部分是使用这些不同学科(包括工程学、社会科学、人文科学和自然科学专业)的评估，以确保材料造福于广泛的学生。评估的重点将是a)学生在课程期间是否获得了环境问题的知识，以及b)课程内容是否在短期内影响了学生的职业生涯。准备一本可以广泛传播的教学工具和练习手册。该手册将包括上述材料，并根据评估对其进行修订。

The general objective of this curriculum development project is to prepare a handbook of exercises and teaching tools that can be used to teach environmental issues to a wide range of undergraduate engineering and science students. The curriculum will include a) modules that can be incorporated into individual disciplinary courses, and b) a complete curriculum for a self-contained course. The material will be prepared jointly by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Rose-Hulman) and Carnegie Mellon University. Preparation of the materials includes initial preparation, implementation, evaluation, and revision. The specific components of the project are as follows: Develop teaching tools and exercises using a problem-based approach to teaching environmental awareness among undergraduate students. The material will be developed so it can be used in either courses devoted to environmental issues, or as independent modules in existing disciplinary courses e.g. thermodynamics, materials and energy balances, and so on. The material will be developed jointly with Carnegie Mellon University to enhance the variety of exercises developed, and the number of courses in which they may be used. Evaluate these teaching tools as part of courses currently taught at Carnegie Mellon University and Rose-Hulman. At Rose-Hulman, the materials will be used in a required class for junior civil engineering students. Using the materials at the two institutions will allow us to reach different groups of students. An important component of this project is to use the evaluations from these diverse disciplines (including engineering, social science, humanities, and natural science majors) to ensure that the material benefits a wide range of students. The evaluations will focus on a) did the students gain knowledge of environmental issues during the course, and b) did the course content affect students' careers in the short term. Prepare a handbook of the teaching tools and exercises that can be widely disseminated. Th e handbook will include the materials described above after revising them based on the evaluations.