Project Kaleidoscope Workshops: Programs That Work for Faculty Enrichment

万花筒项目将在1995年和1996年每年为科学和数学本科教员举办一系列协调的讲习班。这些关于“工作计划”的研讨会，每一个都有大约20个三人的机构参与小组，将着重加强本科科学和数学的课堂和实验室教学。这些PKAL讲习班的目标是：1)传播关于当前本科科学和数学教学改革努力的信息，这些改革在一个机构内产生了系统性的变化，并改进了一门课程；2)鼓励与课程改革有关的地区和国家教师网络；3)营造一个支持提高本科科学和数学水平的国家环境。研讨会将集中讨论八个问题：1)生物，2)化学，3)数学和4)物理的入门课程；5)作为文科的科学；6)跨学科项目；7)研究性课程，8)少数族裔学生成功计划。每一期都将在一系列讲习班上发表，由讲习班咨询委员会和问题工作队协调，这些工作队是根据他们在巴勒斯坦和平行动计划中的领导作用、他们对有效的巴勒斯坦和平行动计划的参与以及他们的工作得到社区的认可而选出的个人。

Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) will operate a coordinated series of workshops for undergraduate faculty in the sciences and mathematics during each year 1995 and 1996. These workshops on Program that Work, each involving approximately 20 three-person institutional participant teams, will emphasize classroom and laboratory enhancements in undergraduate science and mathematics. The objectives for these PKAL Workshops are 1) to disseminate information on current reform efforts in teaching undergraduate science and mathematics, reforms that have created systemic change within an institution and as well as improved one course; 2) to encourage regional and national networks of faculty concerned with curriculum reform; 3) to foster a national environment which supports improvements in undergraduate science and mathematics. The Workshops will focus on eight issues: Revitalizing Introductory Courses in 1) Biology, 2) Chemistry, 3) Mathematics and 4) Physics; 5) Science as a Liberal Art; 6) Interdisciplinary Programs; 7) The Research-based Curriculum, and 8) Programs for Minority Student Success. Each issue, to be presented in a series of workshops, will be coordinated by a Workshop Advisory Board and issues Task Forces, individuals selected on the basis of their leadership in PKAL, their involvement with a PKAL Program that Works, and the recognition of their work by the community.