Cross-Discipline Integration in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

翻译后摘要：传统的教育设计，使每个学科的课程是独立于其他学科。这种划分知识的倾向有效地否定了“现实世界”问题的内在联系。在今天的信息时代，我们需要教我们的学生利用大量的信息提供一个全球性的概述，强调相互关联的部分的重要性。该项目的目标之一是通过要求学生利用技术作为工具研究多学科性质的问题，扭转将学科分开的趋势。布劳沃德社区学院（BCC）将通过实施一项课程改革来实现这一目标，该改革将数学、科学、工程和技术（MSET）等学科整合成一个综合课程。在MSET-Web的学生将在多课程项目，共享共同目标的完成互动。互动将通过建立一个探索中心，学生将与其他学生，教师和variouq企业和政府机构合作促进。通过这些项目，学生将从事现场数据的收集，分析，图像处理和建模。该中心还将通过建立一个因特网主页，汇编和传播由MSET-Web上的项目产生的信息，成为一个虚拟的思想会议。这一举措肯定了对知识的相互联系的理解比独立的部分更重要。这种通过融合进行学习的新方法将对大学一级的未来学习产生重大影响。在这一举措中纳入教师再认证课程也将有助于向学前学生传播这种创新的学习方法。各级毕业生将能够从一个知识领域推断概念到另一个领域，因此B E更好地准备在真实的世界中取得成功。

Abstract: Traditional education is designed so that each discipline has curricula which is independent of other disciplines. This tendency to compartmentalize knowledge effectively negates the inherent interconnections of "real-world" problems. In today's information age, we need to teach our students to exploit the vast amount of information available by providing a global overview that stresses the importance of the interconnected parts. One of the objectives of this project is to reverse the tendency to separate academic disciplines by demanding that students engage in studying problems of a multidisciplinary nature using technology as a tool. Broward Community College (BCC) will accomplish this objective by implementing a curricular reform which integrates the disciplines of Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology (MSET) into a comprehensive curriculum. Students in the MSET-Web will interact in the completion of multi- course projects that share common goals. Interaction will be facilitated by the creation of an Exploration Center where students will work cooperatively with other students, faculty, and variouq businesses and government agencies. Through these projects students will engage in the collection, analysis, image processing, and modeling of field data. The Center will also serve as a virtual meeting of the minds through the establishment of an Intemet Homepage for the compilation and dissemination of information generated by the projects in the MSET-Web. This initiative is an affirmation that an understanding of the interconnections of knowledge is more important than the independent pieces. This new approach to learning through integration will significantly impact future learning at the college level. Inclusion of teacher re-certification courses in this initiative will also help disseminate this innovative approach to learning to precollege students. Graduates at all levels will be capable of extrapolating concepts from one area of knowledge to another, and therefore b e better prepared to succeed in the real world.