Preserving the Legacy: A Comprehensive Curriculum and Materials Development Project in Support of Advanced Environmental Technology Education

正如其副标题所示，“保护遗产”是“支持先进环境技术教育的综合课程和材料开发项目”，具体来说，是由智能通信公司、环境技术教育伙伴关系（PETE）和Van Nostrand Reinhold出版社合作制作的一套教科书和视频。编写这些教材是为了满足培训两年制社区和技术学院学生、中学生、四年制大学学生以及企业和政府雇员对高质量、专业水平的教学材料的迫切需求。教育机构可以将保护遗产纳入远程学习计划，通过电信将教师和学生联系起来。其他人可以将这些材料整合到商业和工业的培训项目中。保存遗产的目的是灵活地使用在任何数量的课程计划和教育交付模式。当“保护遗产”项目完成后，教科书和视频将在国内和国际上提供，展示环境技术的基础知识，不仅是为了教育和培训学生，也是为了激励未来的学生。因此，作为其承诺之一，“保护遗产”项目有助于确保我们创造出训练有素的环境技术人员的国家遗产。

Preserving the Legacy, as its subtitle reveals, is "A Comprehensive Curriculum and Materials Development Project in Support of Advanced Environmental Technology Education, specifically, a set of textbooks and videos produced by a collaboration between INTELECOM Intelligent Communications, the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) and Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers. These materials are being created to answer the pressing need for high-quality, professional-level instructional materials for training two-year community and technical college students--as well as secondary school students, 4-year university students, and corporate and government employees. Educational institutions can incorporate Preserving the Legacy within distance learning programs that link instructors and students through telecommunications. Others can integrate the materials within training programs for business and industry. Preserving the Legacy is designed for flexible use in any number of curricular programs and educational delivery modes. When Preserving the Legacy is complete, textbooks and videos will be available nationally and internationally to present the basics of environmental technology, not only to inform and train students, but also to inspire future students. As one of its promises, then, the Preserving the Legacy project helps ensure that we create a national legacy of well-trained environmental technicians.