Infusion of Laser Technology in Science Courses: An Interdisciplinary Approach

激光技术在科学课程中的融入：跨学科方法

• 批准号: 9752340
• 负责人: Sylvia Bozeman
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Spelman College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-02-15 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9752340&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Infusion; Laser; Technology; Science; Courses

The proposed project addresses the well-documented need to incorporate modern technology and various learning approaches in undergraduate education. Despite reports citing the importance of lasers in chemical and physical research, it remains unclear where and how undergraduate students begin to learn and explore creative ideas using lasers. This proposal describes the development of an interdisciplinary Lasers, Optics, and Spectroscopy course and relevant materials for chemistry and physics students. This course will utilize non-traditional pedagogical approaches to help capture the genuine interest and excitement of scientific exploration and discovery. It will provide a means for introducing modern equipment and technology into the undergraduate curriculum, while using an investigative approach designed to enhance the learning experience. A key element to these approaches will be laboratory-based activities involving situations encountered in real scientific endeavors and real-world situations. This learning experience is also designed to help students build connections between disciplines, theory and experiments, and basic scientific principles and applications. In addition, new experiments based upon lasers and related technology will be developed for introductory science and mathematics courses, and for an interdisciplinary science course for non-science majors. Finally, the proposed effort would include a workshop for science and mathematics teachers in order to provide similar materials for use in K-12 classrooms. All of the course materials developed will be interdisciplinary (involving physics, chemistry, and mathematics), thus demonstrating the students the need to retain, transfer, apply, and evaluate basic concepts presented in their core courses. As a result, students should be better prepared to use science and technology in addressing future issues of society.

拟议的项目解决了在本科教育中结合现代技术和各种学习方法的充分证明的需求。尽管有报道指出了激光在化学和物理研究中的重要性，但目前尚不清楚本科生在哪里以及如何开始使用激光学习和探索创造性的想法。本计划书描述了为化学和物理学生开设一门跨学科的激光、光学和光谱学课程和相关材料。本课程将采用非传统的教学方法，以帮助捕捉科学探索和发现的真正兴趣和兴奋。它将提供一种将现代设备和技术引入本科课程的手段，同时采用旨在提高学习经验的调查方法。这些方法的一个关键要素将是基于实验室的活动，涉及在真实的科学努力和现实世界中遇到的情况。这种学习经验也旨在帮助学生建立学科，理论和实验之间的联系，以及基本的科学原理和应用。此外，将开发基于激光和相关技术的新实验，用于科学和数学入门课程，以及非科学专业的跨学科科学课程。最后，拟议的努力将包括为科学和数学教师举办讲习班，以便为K-12教室提供类似的材料。所有的课程材料都将是跨学科的（包括物理、化学和数学），从而向学生展示了保留、转移、应用和评估核心课程中呈现的基本概念的必要性。因此，学生应该更好地利用科学技术来解决未来的社会问题。