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Project Directors |
Dr. Jack Narayan, SUNY Oswego Dr. Fred Barber, SUNY Oswego Dr. Carol Freeman, St. John Fisher College Dr. Constant Goutzires, SUNY at Oneonta Dr . John Winn, SUNY at Farmingdale |
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(315) 341-2890 |
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Fax |
(315) 341-3177 |
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Project Location |
Albany, NY |
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Project Type |
Residential |
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Project Dates |
April 17 - 19 |
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Recruitment Area |
New York State |
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Application Deadline |
3/27/98 |
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Enrollment |
80 |
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Eligibility/Qualifiers |
Mathematics or Science Faculty |
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Nationally Recognized Consultants
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Cost to the Participants |
Travel to and from Albany |
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Stipends |
$0 |
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Meals Lodging |
Provided on site Marriot Hotel - Albany, New York |
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Discipline Focus |
Interdisciplinary Mathematics & Science Projects |
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Contact |
Mathematics faculty in New York State have formed the New York State Coalition (NYSC) to integrate the teaching and learning of mathematics and its applications in science and quantitative subjects. This project will enable the NYSC to: modify for local implementation the modern curricula (new courses and curricular materials that integrate mathematics, science, and quantitative disciplines) that are currently being developed by seven national consortium projects; demonstrate how faculty in mathematics and in other disciplines can cooperate to develop interdisciplinary courses and instructional materials suitable for implementation at two and four-year schools; continue the efforts to attract and retain students from underrepresented groups in mathematics and science courses; and spur interdisciplinary innovations at participating institutions.
These efforts will help to: increase faculty's knowledge in the content and pedagogy related to teaching and scholarship in mathematics and its application; emphasize to students the importance of mathematical modeling in industry; improve student understanding and retention of fundamental mathematical concepts; provide the opportunity for faculty to develop and initiate alternatives to the lecture format of teaching; and promote effective communication between two- and four-year institutions and users of mathematics in the real world.
Participants will be introduced to the directors of seven NSF sponsored projects in the Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications Throughout the Curriculum (MASTC) program so that they will become familiar with the content of each of these projects. Participants will then be part of a disseminating network on their campuses for curricular initiatives similar to those already proven effective in the existing projects of MASTC. Brief summaries of the seven projects along with a tentative program for the Workshop is included on following pages.
Participants will be selected based upon their level of commitment to develop an interdisciplinary course(s) on their campus
Since one of our goals is to recruit and maintain students from underrepresented groups in mathematics, we shall make every attempt to achieve the desired participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
Jack Narayan: narayan@oswego.edu
Fred Barber: barber@oswego.edu
Carol Freeman: freeman@sjfc.edu
Constant Goutziers: goutzicj@SNYONEVA.CC.ONEONTA.EDU
John Winn: WINNJA@SNYFARVA.CC.FARMINGDALE.EDU
Dennis DeTurck, Steven Dunbar, Mark Holmes, Daniel Maki, Joseph Myers, Alan Tucker, Dorothy Wallace, and others.
The workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation and the SUNY Central Administration.
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examine how to integrate mathematical concepts into curricula of other departments - e.g. physical science, social science, life science, and humanities; |
learn about a variety of successful interdisciplinary activities from ongoing NSF projects; |
gain ideas on how to initiate cooperative contacts with faculty fro other departments for creating new interdisciplinary courses; |
interact with consultants including Dennis DeTurck, Steven Dunbar, Mark Holmes, Daniel Maki , Joseph Myers, Alan Tucker, Dorothy Wallace, and others. |
Support for living expenses will be provided by NSF and SUNY at Oswego. Travel expenses are to be paid by the participant's institution. Space is limited to 80 participants. Priority will be given to those applicants who show evidence of an interest in working with faculty from other departments to implement interdisciplinary activities already seen to be successful in other projects, or to initiate new courses of a similar interdisciplinary nature. Teams consisting of one mathematician and a partner from another discipline are strongly encouraged.
For information and application forms, please contact
Fred Barber or Jack Narayan, Mathematics Department, SUNY Oswego, 13126
Tentative Schedule
Friday Evening
6:00 - 6:30 Social Hour (cash bar)
6:30 - 7:30 Dinner
7:30 - 7:45 Welcome, Peter Salins, SUNY Provost
7:45 - 8:30 Importance of Interdisciplinary Education, Vinciguerra
8:30 - 9:00 Brief background on projects and introduction to following days' program,
Alan Tucker and Jack Narayan
Saturday Morning
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 - noon Overview descriptions of projects by project directors
8:30 - 9:00 Long Island
9:00 - 9:30 Indiana
9:30 - 10:00 Rensselaer
10:00 - 10:30 Dartmouth
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 Penn
11:30 - 12:00 Nebraska
12:00 - 12:30 West Point
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Saturday Afternoon
Break-out sessions in four rooms. Representatives from each of the seven projects will describe examples of implementations of some particularly effective activities within their project. These will be grouped into four subject areas so that participants can choose to attend sessions of greatest interest to them.
Symbolizing the four subject areas as: Mathematics in -
A: Science and Engineering, B: Social Sciences, C: Humanities, or D: Business and Finance,
the break-out sessions could be scheduled as follows:
6:00 - 7:30 Dinner
Sunday Morning
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 Clues to funding resources for participants projects - NSF rep
9:00 - 10:30 Open discussion, in panel format, on issues of implementation and assessment
10:30 - Brunch
Name:
University or College:
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email:
Type a brief account of your experience and/or interest in teaching courses involving mathematical applications which involve cooperative efforts with colleagues from other departments. If you have experience in developing or implementing new curricula, even within your own department, please also briefly explain this.
Include a letter of support from your institution indicating its commitment to assist in the follow-through activities.
Send this application to:
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