New Approaches to Integrating Research and Education at Harvey Mudd College

哈维穆德学院整合研究和教育的新方法

• 批准号: 9873831
• 负责人: F. Wettack
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Harvey Mudd 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: 1998-09-15 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9873831&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: New; Approaches; Integrating; Research; Education

9873831WettackHarvey Mudd College has been selected as one of ten recipients of the National Science Foundation's Awards for the Integration of Research and Education. Since its founding, the College has provided a rich academic environment for integrating research and education. The Engineering Clinic, a program focusing on teams of students practicing their profession by working on "real problems for real clients", has been extended to other scientific disciplines. Each Harvey Mudd student is required to have a capstone senior experience in the form of a clinic project or a research thesis, and every curriculum includes a broad technical core that provides tools and knowledge for interdisciplinary research.The College is being awarded $500,000 to advance institutional goals of integrating research and education, document and disseminate information of its exemplary activities, and expand the integration of research and education by conducting outreach activities over the coming three years. By establishing integrated first-year, project-oriented laboratory courses, expanding the colloquia program, and creating interdisciplinary and peer mentoring summer projects, a successful program will be strengthened. In addition, funds will be used to develop workshops for area K-12 science teachers, create an assessment program to evaluate the institution's efforts in integrating research and education, and create new summer research opportunities for minority students from the first year class. An interesting component to the College's outreach efforts is "FutureWatch", a half-hour weekly radio and cable television broadcast exploring issues of science, technology, and the environment, an excellent vehicle used to inform the public. An expanded format will include programs in which Harvey Mudd faculty and students discuss their own research activities, and the institution's efforts to perform integration activities.

9873831WettackHarvey Mudd学院被选为美国国家科学基金会“研究与教育一体化奖”的十个获奖者之一。自成立以来，学院提供了一个丰富的学术环境，集研究和教育。“工程诊所”是一个专注于学生团队通过“为真正的客户解决真正的问题”来实践他们的专业的项目，它已经扩展到其他科学学科。每个Harvey Mudd学生都必须有一个临床项目或研究论文形式的顶级高级经验，每个课程都包括广泛的技术核心，为跨学科研究提供工具和知识。该学院将获得50万美元的资助，用于在未来三年推进研究与教育结合的机构目标，记录和传播其示范活动的信息，并通过开展外展活动扩大研究与教育的结合。通过建立综合的第一年，以项目为导向的实验课程，扩大座谈会计划，并创建跨学科和同伴指导暑期项目，一个成功的计划将得到加强。此外，这笔资金将用于为地区K-12科学教师开发讲习班，创建一个评估项目，以评估该机构在整合研究和教育方面的努力，并为一年级的少数民族学生创造新的暑期研究机会。学院外展工作的一个有趣组成部分是“未来观察”，这是一个每周半小时的广播和有线电视广播，探讨科学、技术和环境问题，是一个很好的工具，用于告知公众。扩展的形式将包括Harvey Mudd的教师和学生讨论他们自己的研究活动，以及该机构为执行整合活动所做的努力。