U.S. Participation in Two Workshops on Science and Technology Education; Milton Keynes, U.K., May 15-17, 1995 and Enschede, The Netherlands, May 19-20, 1995

该提案支持10名美国科学家和教育工作者参加1995年5月在英国和荷兰举行的两个连续讲习班，分享使用创新科学教育材料的经验，重点是自行车的物理和技术。 这些讲习班是由大不列颠米尔顿凯恩斯的英国开放大学技术学院院长基思威廉姆斯博士和荷兰恩斯赫德国家课程发展研究所研究主任Frits Gravenberch博士组织和主持的。 美国的参与由堪萨斯州立大学物理系的Dean Zollman博士协调。 来自这三个国家的参与者与其他国家的一些受邀专家共同努力，将确定优先事项，提高未来研究的效率，使这三个国家的科技教育界受益。 美国、英国和荷兰的平行研究和开发导致了以自行车为重点的科学和技术教材的创建。这些材料已被证明是有效的，使学生能够在熟悉和有趣的背景下学习科学原理以及技术应用。 这三个国家中的每一个国家的团体现在都处于改进其传统教学材料的早期阶段，使之适应数字多媒体环境。 通过共同努力，这些团体可以合作开发基于每个团体优势的教学材料。 合作的结果应该是一套真正国际化的教学材料，利用数字多媒体的最新进展。

This proposal supports the participation of ten U.S. scientists and educators in two consecutive workshops in May, 1995, in Great Britain and The Netherlands, to share experience in using innovative science educational materials focusing on the physics and technology of the bicycle. The workshops are organized and hosted by Dr. Keith Williams, Dean of Technology, British Open University, at Milton Keynes, Great Britain, and Dr. Frits Gravenberch, Director of Research, National Institute for Curriculum Development, Enshede, The Netherlands. U.S. participation is coordinated by Dr. Dean Zollman, Physics Department, Kansas State University. A collaborative effort by participants from these three countries, joined by a few invited experts from other countries, will identify priorities and improve the efficiency of future research to benefit the science and technology education communities in all three countries. Parallel research and development in the United States, Great Britain and The Netherlands has lead to the creation of science and technology teaching materials which focus on the bicycle. These materials have proven to be effective in enabling students to learn about scientific principles as well as technological applications, in a familiar and interesting context. Groups in each of the three countries are now in the early stages of enhancing their traditional instructional materials by adapting them to a digital multimedia environment. By working together, these groups can collaborate to develop instructional materials which build on the strengths of each group. The results of the collaboration should be a set of truly international instructional materials which utilize the most recent advances in digital multimedia.