Community College Physics Faculty Development Project

9353998 Hieggelke这个为期两年的国家项目，基于一个成功的试点项目，将在几个地理位置分散的社区大学校园为有经验的社区大学物理教师提供8个讲习班（每年4个）。一套讲习班使参加者熟悉(1)使用微电脑实验室；(2)物理模拟的构建；或者(3)发展概念练习和概述案例研究。另一个研讨会为以前的研讨会参与者提供了更新和更先进的微机实验室技术经验的机会。每个为期三天的研讨会由两名社区学院物理教授和两名在这些领域发挥重要作用的大学/学院物理教授领导。这些研讨会使参与者熟悉认知物理学研究的最新发展和发现的当代应用，并为参与者提供基于这些发现的广泛材料。由于这些密集的研讨会，参与者能够评估这些发展，他们能够回到他们的校园开始实施研讨会的发现。因此，这些讲习班促进了这些知识和技术在社区大学的迅速结合。由于建立了采用电信公告板系统和通讯的网络系统，讲习班的影响正在得到加强。这个项目的最终目标是帮助社区大学的学生更好地理解古典和当代物理学。更新社区大学物理课程的任务是困难的，但对国家和科学来说是必要的，因为有大量的学生，特别是妇女和少数民族，上社区大学。＊＊＊

9353998 Hieggelke This two-year national program, based on a successful pilot project, will provide eight workshops (four each year) designed for experienced community college physics teachers at several geographically-dispersed community college campuses. One set of workshops acquaints participants with (1) the use of microcomputer-based laboratories; (2) the construction of physics simulations; or (3) the development of conceptual exercises and overview case studies. Another workshop provides an update and an opportunity for more advanced experiences with microcomputer-based lab technology for previous workshop participants. Each three-day workshop is being led by two community college physics professors and two university/college physics professor who play a major role in these areas. These workshops acquaint participants with the contemporary use of the recent developments and findings of cognitive physics research and participants are provided with extensive materials based on these findings. As a result of these intensive workshops, participants are able to evaluate these developments and they are able to return to their campus to start implementing the workshop findings. Thus, these workshops facilitate the rapid incorporation of this knowledge and technology at community colleges. The impact of the workshop is being reinforced by the establishment of a networking system employing a telecommunications bulletin board system and a newsletter. The ultimate goal of this project is to help community college students develop a stronger understanding of classical and contemporary physics. The task of updating physics programs at community colleges is difficult but essential for the nation and for science because of the large number of students, particularly women and minorities, attending community colleges. ***