Project Kaleidoscope Phase III: Institutions That Work

万花筒项目(PKAL)正在赞助一系列研讨会，延续目前对有效项目的关注，并将更有针对性的重点放在有效的机构上。我们的目标是建立地区和国家的个人和机构网络，致力于共同努力，改变全国各地各类机构的科学、数学、工程和技术项目。在以往类似活动的基础上，该项目将在1997-1998年期间主办讲习班。每个讲习班将有10-14名演讲者参加，他们在各自的学科和教育界被公认为教育改革领域的反思实践者。来自20-24所不同机构的约三人团队将参加每个研讨会；每个研讨会的主办地点都将是那些明显在寻求转变其本科中小企业与技术课程的机构。这一系列讲习班涉及的主题包括教职员工和管理人员在实现长期成功的体制和方案改革过程中必须解决的广泛问题。这些讲习班符合PKAL的更大目标：通过装备机构团队发挥领导作用，促进全国500多所学院和大学的全面改革；为PKAL学院21世纪网络提供领导机会；鼓励国家行动，支持地方加强和改进本科中小企业和技术的努力。计划开展广泛的活动，传播讲习班材料(特别是通过万维网)，并评估PKAL活动对参与校园的影响。

Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) is sponsoring a series of workshops that continues the current focus on programs that work, and incorporates a more intentional focus on institutions that work. Our intent is to build networks of individuals and institutions, regionally and nationally, that are committed to working together to transform science, mathematics, engineering, and technology programs in institutions of all kinds, in all parts of the country. Building on the similar prior activities, the project will host workshops during 1997 - 1998. Each workshop will involve 10 - 14 presenters who are recognized within their disciplinary and educational community as reflective practitioners in the field of educational reform. Teams of approximately three people, from 20 - 24 different institutions, will participate in each workshop; host sites for each of the workshops will be institutions that are demonstrably seeking to transform their undergraduate SME&T programs. Topics to be covered by the series of workshops include the wide range of issues that must be addressed by faculty and administrators in the process of achieving institutional and programmatic reform that succeeds over the long-term. These workshops fit into the larger goals of PKAL: to facilitate comprehensive reform at over 500 colleges and universities across the country, by equipping institutional teams for their leadership role; to provide leadership opportunities for the PKAL Faculty for the 21st Century network; and to encourage national action supportive of local efforts to enhance and improve undergraduate SME&T. Extensive activities have been planned to disseminate materials from the workshop (particularly through the World Wide Web) and to evaluate the impact of PKAL activities on participating campuses.