Faculty Advancement In Mathematics (FAIM)

数学正在经历着显著的进步，数学应用的范围正在扩大到新的学科，达到更多样化的学生群体。为所有水平的未来数学教师提供的课程和其他教育经验提供了一个重要的楔子，将有助于在本科课程中带来这场革命。正如目前许多大学教师无法将当代数学及其应用融入到他们的教学中一样，许多目前准备在小学和中学任教的本科生也没有充分认识到重要的当代数学。重要的是，在那些将在各级教学的本科生的准备中，增加当代数学应用的存在。为了应付这一机会和挑战，定于1996年和1997年夏季举办讲习班。这些讲习班每次为期两周，每次讲习班有25名参加者。1996年的讲习班将在弗吉尼亚联邦大学和美国军事学院举行。每个研讨会的重点将是数学在数学建模、离散数学和几何等广泛定义领域的当代应用。它们将以日益强调和重要的数学主题为特色。

Mathematics is undergoing remarkable advances, the scope of mathematical applications is broadening into new disciplines, reaching a more diverse student population. Courses and other educational experiences for prospective mathematics teachers at all levels provide an important wedge that will help bring about this revolution in the undergraduate curriculum. Just as many current college faculty are not in a position to infuse contemporary mathematics and its applications into their teaching, many undergraduates who are currently preparing to teach at the elementary and secondary levels are also not sufficiently aware of important current mathematics. It is important that the presence of contemporary applications of mathematics be increased in the undergraduate preparation of those who will teach at all levels. To address this opportunity and challenge, workshops are scheduled for the summers of 1996 and 1997. These workshops will each be of two-week duration, with 25 participants per workshop. The workshops in 1996 will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University and the United States Military Academy. The focus of each workshop will be contemporary applications of mathematics in the broadly defined areas of mathematical modeling, discrete mathematics, and geometry. They will feature mathematical topics of increasing emphasis and importance.