Development of Materials Synthesis Courses and Their Innovative National Dissemination

9354440罗伊该项目通过开设两门陶瓷材料合成课程，满足了国家对加强材料合成和加工领域专门知识的记录需要。这些课程包括材料科学和工程领域著名学者的讲座，并被录像。录像带可供其他机构使用，每门课程都有每周一小时的电话询问时间，供学生向讲师提问。这些录像带也是为了向在偏远地区提供课程的教职员工提供继续教育。这种方法对于那些在该领域存在足够专业知识的教师短缺的领域的师资队伍的加强具有重要意义。这对于一般的陶瓷和陶瓷材料的合成都是如此。除了录像带，老师和学生还会收到高空透明胶片、脚本、家庭作业问题和解决方案以及考试的副本。录像带和教学材料由位于宾夕法尼亚州立大学的材料教育委员会传播。

9354440 Roy This project responds to a documented national need for enhanced expertise in the area of materials synthesis and processing by developing two courses on ceramic materials synthesis. The courses consist of lectures by eminent scholars in the field of materials science and engineering which are videotaped. The videotapes are available to other institutions, and each course features a weekly one-hour call-in period for students to ask questions of the lecturer. The videotapes are also to provide continuing education to faculty members who act as tutors at remote sites where the courses are offered. This approach is significant for faculty enhancement in fields where there is an identified shortage of faculty with adequate expertise in the field. This is true both of ceramics in general and ceramic materials synthesis in particular. In addition to the videotapes, the tutors and students receive copies of overhead transparencies, scripts, homework problems and solutions, and examinations. The videotapes and instructional materials are disseminated by the Materials Education Council located at the Pennsylvania State University.