Workshop Series for New Physics Faculty

新物理教师研讨会系列

• 批准号: 0121384
• 负责人: Robert Hilborn
• 金额: $ 77.34万
• 依托单位: American Association of Physics Teachers
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0121384&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Series; New; Physics; Faculty

Physics (13) This project consists of a series of workshops for new physics faculty that provide undergraduate teaching enhancement activities in a concentrated four-day workshop accompanied by a continuing program of follow-up activities that seek to solidify and expand the gains of the workshop. The audience is newly-hired physics faculty, usually in the first three years of their initial tenure-track position. The workshops aim to involve 20-25% of the entire number of U.S. physics faculty hires at four-year colleges and universities during the project, and thus the program has a significant impact on physics teaching throughout the U.S. The project is based on prior workshops. Those activities are expanded in several ways: (1) The size of the annual program is being increased from 50 to 70 participants, and faculty from all 4-year colleges and universities are invited. (2) Along with AAPT, the American Physical Society (APS) is a joint sponsor of the program and plays a significant role in the follow-up activities. (3) The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is also sponsoring the program, departments of astronomy are being invited to nominate participants, and about 10 astronomers are included among the annual participants. The AAS is also sharing in promoting the follow-up activities. (4) There is a national steering committee to provide oversight to the program. The follow-up activities are a particularly important component of this program. By scheduling followup sessions at national and regional meetings of the AAPT, APS, and AAS, the participants in these workshops can participate in discussions relevant to the improvement of teaching and to general problems faced by new faculty. In this way the project promotes a continuing active interest in these topics among former participants and also brings into the discussions new faculty who were not able to attend the Workshops as well as postdocs and advanced graduate students who are contemplating faculty careers. The program thus enlists a significant share of the resources of the national physics and astronomy communities to the advancement of undergraduate teaching.

物理学(13)本项目包括一系列面向新物理教员的讲习班，在为期四天的集中讲习班中提供本科生教学强化活动，并伴随着寻求巩固和扩大讲习班成果的后续活动的持续方案。观众是新聘用的物理系教员，通常是在他们最初终身教职的头三年。这些研讨会的目标是让项目期间在四年制学院和大学招聘的美国物理教师总数的20%-25%参与进来，因此该项目对全美的物理教学产生了重大影响。该项目基于之前的研讨会。这些活动以几种方式扩大：(1)年度计划的规模从50人增加到70人，并邀请所有四年制学院和大学的教职员工。(2)与AAPT一起，美国物理学会(APS)是该计划的联合赞助商，并在后续活动中发挥着重要作用。(3)美国天文学会(AAS)也是该计划的赞助商，天文学系被邀请提名参与者，年度参与者中包括大约10名天文学家。AAS还分享了推动后续活动的情况。(4)有一个国家指导委员会对该计划进行监督。后续活动是该计划的一个特别重要的组成部分。通过在AAPT、APS和AAS的国家和地区会议上安排后续会议，这些研讨会的参与者可以参与与改进教学和新教师面临的一般问题相关的讨论。通过这种方式，该项目促进了前参与者对这些主题的持续积极兴趣，并将未能参加研讨会的新教师以及正在考虑教师职业生涯的博士后和高级研究生纳入讨论。因此，该计划将国家物理和天文学社区的很大一部分资源用于促进本科教学。