A Workshop Chemistry Curriculum

城市学院联盟包括纽约城市大学、匹兹堡大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和罗切斯特大学的十所高级和社区学院，正在开发和广泛应用一种新的教学模式。这种模式被称为研讨会化学，它引入了最近完成课程的学生的参与和指导。小组、学生主导的工作坊是课程结构不可或缺的一部分。每周有两个各一小时的工作坊，作为讲课和实验的补充。研讨会模式提供了一种协作学习体验，增加了学生的参与度，并为学生提供了一个新的导师角色。在工作室化学课程中，学生学习解决问题、沟通和团队合作的技能，这些技能对于在工作场所取得成功至关重要，同时更有效地学习化学知识。通过与教职员工的共同努力，学生们成为了系里社区中的活跃分子。城市学院已经为理工科专业的普通化学课程开发了一个原型车间模式，并正在扩展和完善一系列课程，包括预备化学、相关健康科学的化学、有机化学、仪器和分析化学。学生作为讲习班负责人的经验为教学提供了一个自然的入门机会，这一点正在通过项目的教师准备部分正式确定下来。讲习班方法也正在开发和应用于技术员培训课程，这是一项与高级技术教育有关的倡议。该项目对研讨会化学进行评估，并将其传播到该联盟的边界之外。正在为每门课程编写学生工作坊手册，其中包括工作坊的问题解决、模型构建和模拟活动。新的项目合作伙伴将被邀请观看讲习班，参与教师发展，并在自己的研究所实施试点讲习班课程。

The City College Consortium, which includes ten senior and community colleges at the City University of New York, and the Universities of Pittsburgh, Pennsyslvania, and Rochester, is developing and applying widely a new model of teaching. This model, called Workshop Chemistry, introduces participation and mentorship by recent completers of the course. Small group, student-led workshops are integral to the course structure. Each week two workshops of an hour each complement the lecture and laboratory components. The workshop model provides a collaborative learning experience that increases student involvement and provides a new role for students as mentors. In Workshop Chemistry, students learn the problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills crucial for success in the workplace while learning chemistry more effectively. Working together with the faculty, students become an active part of the community of the department. A prototype workshop model has been developed at City College in a general chemistry course for science and engineering majors, and is being expanded and refined for a broad range of courses including preparatory chemistry, chemistry for allied health sciences, organic chemistry, instrumental, and analytical chemistry. The experience of students as workshop leaders provides a natural introduction to teaching that is being formalized through a Teacher Preparation component of the project. The workshop method is also being exploited and applied in curricula for technician training, an initiative relevant to Advanced Technology Education. The project evaluates Workshop Chemistry and disseminates it beyond the bounds of the consortium. Student Workshop Manuals that include the problem solving, model building, and simulation activities of the workshops are being produced for each course. New project partners will be invited to view workshops, to participate in faculty developments, and to implement pilot workshop courses at their own ins titutions.