Adaption and Adoption of Workshop Chemistry

由七个不同的机构组成的联盟已经成立，以适应和采用车间化学同行领导的团队学习模式，该模式是作为美国国家科学基金会本科化学课程系统改革倡议的一部分而开发的。这个98个研讨会化学联盟（98-WCC）包括卡罗莱纳海岸大学（SC）、古彻学院（MD）、印第安纳大学/印第安纳波利斯普渡大学（IN）、乔治王子社区学院（MD）、西乔治亚州立大学（GA）和纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院（NY），迈阿密大学（OH）是牵头机构。代表各院校的项目负责人已经实施了一个试验性的“车间化学”项目，该项目扩大了这些努力，为更多不同课程的学生提供服务。98-WCC与家长联盟和1997年MACK工作坊化学联盟密切合作，通过解决工作坊和实验室的整合，以及使用实践活动作为工作坊课程的基础，来完善和扩展工作坊化学模式。我们还与家长联盟合作，测试同行领导培训的模式，促进化学教师和学习专家之间的合作，以改善对研讨会领导者的校园培训，并与早期项目合作，评估该模式，并促进其他机构的使用。教师的准备工作将直接在古彻学院进行，该学院预计最终将在化学系和教育系之间开设一门课程，使未来的科学教师接触到车间教学环境。印第安纳大学-普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校正在为中等教育专业开发一门教学方法课程，要求他们担任车间化学的学生领袖。

A consortium of seven diverse institutions has been established to adapt and adopt the Workshop Chemistry peer-led team-learning model, which was developed as part of the NSF initiative for Systemic Changes in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum. This 98-Workshop Chemistry Consortium (98-WCC) includes Coastal Carolina University (SC), Goucher College (MD), Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis (IN), Prince George's Community College (MD), State University of West Georgia (GA), and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY), with Miami University (OH) serving as lead institution. The PI representing each institution has already implemented a pilot Workshop Chemistry program, and this project expands these efforts to serve larger numbers of students in a variety of courses. The 98-WCC works closely with the parent coalition and the 1997 MACK Workshop Chemistry consortium to refine and extend the Workshop Chemistry model by addressing workshop and laboratory integration, and the use of hands-on activities to serve as the basis of workshop lessons. We also cooperate with the parent coalition in testing models for peer-leader training, stimulating collaboration between chemistry faculty and learning specialists to improve campus training of workshop leaders, and working with the earlier projects to evaluate the model and facilitate its use by other institutions. Teacher preparation will be directly addressed at Goucher College which expects ultimately to be offering a course jointly between the chemistry department and the education department, exposing future teachers of science to the Workshop teaching environment, and at Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis where a teaching methods course is being developed for secondary education majors in which they will be required to serve as student leaders for Workshop Chemistry.