A Series of Workshops in the Chemical Sciences

该项目是化学科学讲习班中心组织和支持的正在进行的讲习班的进一步扩展和加强。CWCS正在举办一系列讲习班，目的是改善广义化学科学的教育。这些活动的目标受众是主要从事本科教育的教师。积极的招聘计划强调接触代表性不足的群体。为了最大限度地提高出勤率，讲习班知识内容的多样性由地理上多样化的讲习班地点补充。该中心建立了一个由13个机构组成的联盟，每年举办7次为期5天的讲习班。这些研讨会为教师提供资源和观点，以提高他们的教学。该计划的目标是增加和升级知识，将化学和生物化学与其他学科相结合，说明从研究中衍生的新兴领域，并开发将研讨会材料整合到本科课程中的方法。为了实现这些目标，每个研讨会包括五天的教师发展，包括广泛的实践活动。该计划为500多名教师参与者提供服务，并为化学教师网络做出贡献，这些教师正在使用研讨会材料向20多万名学生授课。CWCS计划对研讨会参与者的教学活动的影响正在被严格评估，并扩展到评估研讨会计划对个别学生学习的影响。咨询委员会对计划活动提供反馈意见。利用以前的CWCS研讨会参与者以及参加目前预定的研讨会的人，CWCS计划正在发展一个学者社区，他们分享他们的教学和研究经验，愿望，以及从研讨会活动中获得的资金筹集工作，目标是进一步加强化学科学的教学。研讨会参与者之间以及参与者与讲师之间的互动通过在线讨论论坛、网络直播和专业协会会议上的专题讨论会来促进。该共同体在地方、区域和国家各级发挥作用；它被设计成自我延续，并在CWCS计划的生命周期之外持续存在。有关该中心的信息，请访问http://chemistry.gsu.edu/cwcs。

This project is a further extension and enhancement of the ongoing workshops organized and supported by the Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (CWCS). The CWCS is conducting a series of workshops with the goal of improving education in the chemical sciences, broadly defined. The target audience for these activities is faculty involved primarily in undergraduate education. A vigorous recruitment program emphasizes reaching underrepresented groups. To maximize attendance, diversity in workshop intellectual content is complemented by geographically diverse workshop sites. The Center has established a consortium of 13 institutions to host 7 five-day workshops each year. These workshops provide faculty with resources and perspectives to enhance their teaching. The goals of the program are to augment and upgrade knowledge, integrate chemistry and biochemistry with other disciplines, illustrate emerging fields derived from research, and develop approaches to integrate workshop materials into the undergraduate curriculum. To meet these goals, each workshop consists of five days of faculty development, including extensive hands-on activities. The Program is serving over 500 faculty participants and is contributing to a network of chemistry instructors who are using workshop materials to teach over 200,000 students. The impact of the CWCS Program on the instructional activities of workshop participants is being rigorously evaluated and extends to an assessment of the impact of the workshop program on learning at the individual student level. An Advisory Committee provides feedback on Program activities.Utilizing previous CWCS workshop participants in addition to those attending currently scheduled workshops, the CWCS Program is developing a Community of Scholars who share their instructional and research experiences, aspirations, and fund raising efforts derived from workshop activities with the goal of further enhancing instruction in the chemical sciences. Interaction between workshop participants and between participants and instructors is facilitated via an on-line discussion forum, web casting, and by symposia at professional society meetings. This Community functions at the local, regional, and national level; it is designed to be self-perpetuating and to persist beyond the life of the CWCS Program. Information on the Center is available at http://chemistry.gsu.edu/cwcs.