Computer-mediated Social Science Instructional Modules

计算机介导的社会科学教学模块

• 批准号: 9950335
• 负责人: Richard LeGates
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: San Francisco State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9950335&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; mediated; Social; Science; Instructional

A team of faculty from the departments of Political Science, International Relations, and Urban Studies (PSIRUS), working through the PSIRUS Center, is adapting and extending existing innovative practices in computer-mediated instruction, incorporating recently published research and available databases in the social sciences. The project team is producing four thematic modules, each designed to reach both majors and non-majors in the social sciences, and structured to work for a diverse student body that includes working students, minority students, older re-entry students, and students with special learning needs. The modules are:1. The Media and Politics. This module is modeled on innovative practices at the Wexler Learning Center at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. The proposed "virtual learning center" will teach students to integrate a variety of audio and video materials into undergraduate research projects examining the effect of the media in shaping public opinion, and the relationships between media, public opinion, and politics. The content of this module will be adapted from Richard Davis, "Politics and the Media," (Prentice Hall, 1992) and Lawrence Grossman, "The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age," (Viking Press, 1995). 2. Urban Sustainable Development. This module is adapting use of on-line forms to capture data. It is employing modern computer techniques to transfer the data into electronic databases for analysis using statistics software. (Amazon.com and other private sector e-commerce organizations are using this methodology effectively.) Its purpose is to develop an understanding of the relationship between urbanization and the natural and "built" environment, and to support undergraduate research on "sustainable development." The module is being constructed from materials found in Marcia Lowe, "Shaping Cities: The Environmental and Human Dimensions," (World Watch Institute, Paper 105, 1992); Graham Haughton and Colin Hunter, "Sustainable Cities," (London: Regional Studies Association, 1994); the President's Council on Sustainable Development, "Sustainable America," (U.S. GPO, 1996); and Sim Van de Ryn and Stuart Cowan, "Ecological Design," (Island Press, 1995).3. Immigration. This module is taking advantage of the revolutionary changes occurring in the availability and accessibility of immigration data, which are increasingly available on-line. It is teaching students about data analysis and building on practices developed by the California State University Social Science Research and Instructional Council (SSRIC) and other organizations which have created on-line, public domain, social science data archives. Its purpose is to help students sort out truth from assertion, and how to formulate reasoned political responses. It is particularly based on Michael Fix and Jeffrey Passel, "Immigration and Immigrants: Setting the Record Straight, (Urban Institute, 1994); Sanford Ungar, "Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants," (Simon & Schuster, 1995); Gregory DeFre, "Immigration, Inequality, and Policy Alternatives," (Russell Sage Foundation, 1995); and U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, "Statistical Yearbook of the INS," (U.S. GPO, 1995). 4. Global Conflict. This module is developing a novel use of Prolog - a logic language - to teach about both values and critical thinking in relation to global conflict. Students are learning to gather data and test theories about causes of global conflict, following Paul Viotti and Mark Kauppi, "International Relations Theory," (MacMillan, 1993). This module is also using existing databases such as the Correlates of War data managed by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (Correlates of War Database 9905, 1994).

来自政治学、国际关系和城市研究 (PSIRUS) 系的教员团队通过 PSIRUS 中心，正在调整和扩展计算机介导教学中现有的创新实践，纳入最近发表的研究和社会科学领域的可用数据库。 该项目团队正在制作四个主题模块，每个模块都旨在覆盖社会科学专业和非专业的学生，​​并为多元化的学生群体服务，包括在职学生、少数族裔学生、年龄较大的重新入学学生和有特殊学习需求的学生。 这些模块是：1。媒体与政治。该模块以华盛顿特区美国大屠杀博物馆韦克斯勒学习中心的创新实践为蓝本。拟议的“虚拟学习中心”将教学生将各种音频和视频材料整合到本科研究项目中，研究媒体在塑造公众舆论方面的影响，以及媒体、公众舆论和政治之间的关系。 本模块的内容将改编自 Richard Davis 的《政治与媒体》（Prentice Hall，1992 年）和 Lawrence Grossman 的《电子共和国：重塑信息时代的民主》（Viking Press，1995 年）。 2. 城市可持续发展。 该模块正在适应使用在线表格来捕获数据。 它采用现代计算机技术将数据传输到电子数据库中，以便使用统计软件进行分析。 （亚马逊和其他私营电子商务组织正在有效地使用这种方法。）其目的是加深对城市化与自然和“建筑”环境之间关系的理解，并支持本科生关于“可持续发展”的研究。 该模块采用 Marcia Lowe 所著《塑造城市：环境和人类维度》（世界观察研究所，第 105 期论文，1992 年）中的材料构建； Graham Haughton 和 Colin Hunter，“可持续城市”（伦敦：区域研究协会，1994 年）； 总统可持续发展委员会，“可持续美国”（美国 GPO，1996 年）； Sim Van de Ryn 和 Stuart Cowan，“生态设计”（Island Press，1995 年）3。移民。 该模块利用了移民数据的可用性和可访问性方面发生的革命性变化，这些数据越来越多地可以在线获取。 它正在向学生传授数据分析知识，并以加州州立大学社会科学研究和教学委员会 (SSRIC) 以及其他创建在线公共领域社会科学数据档案的组织开发的实践为基础。 其目的是帮助学生从主张中理清真相，以及如何制定合理的政治回应。 它特别基于 Michael Fix 和 Jeffrey Passel，“移民与移民：澄清事实”（城市研究所，1994 年）；Sanford Ungar，“新鲜血液：新美国移民”（Simon & Schuster，1995 年）；Gregory DeFre，“移民、不平等和政策替代方案”（Russell Sage 基金会，1995 年）；以及美国司法部、移民和归化局，《统计年鉴》 INS，”（美国 GPO，1995 年）。 4. 全球冲突。该模块正在开发一种 Prolog（一种逻辑语言）的新颖用途，用于教授与全球冲突相关的价值观和批判性思维。学生们正在学习收集数据并测试有关全球冲突原因的理论，遵循 Paul Viotti 和 Mark Kauppi 的“国际关系理论”（MacMillan，1993 年）。该模块还使用现有数据库，例如战争数据的相关性 由大学间政治和社会研究联盟管理（战争数据库关联9905，1994）。