Science, Math, and Technology Grant

New Money Available for:
Science, Math & Technology Related Curriculum Development

New funding from the National Science Foundation will be available in
summer 1999 (three year grant) for enhancing science, math & technology
(SM&T) instruction at SUNY Oswego.  Faculty who teach humanities, social
science, business or education courses with significant attention to SM&T
topics are eligible for funding, as well as faculty who teach SM&T
courses.

Faculty will receive stipends and money to purchase teaching materials.
In addition . they will attend a series of workshops to be held during the
second summer sessions (May 18-21st, 1999).

The summer workshops will focus on practical ways to enhance student
opportunities for:

	-Active learning, especially in lecture courses
	-Non-cookbook, direct experiences with inquiry & 
         Problem-solving, in lecture & laboratory courses
	-Understanding the major organizing concepts in 
         SM&T, not just learning sequential facts  
        -Understanding real world applications of SM&T
         Concepts
        -Collaboration among student & faculty.


This program is designed to help faculty change existing courses or
develop new ones, especially in conjunction with the new General Education
Program.  Creative, collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches-for
example, terms of faculty from the same department working on related
courses or pairs of faculty teaching complementary courses in different
departments-are a high priority.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE.  Stipends up to $1,000 per team member and funding
for the materials up to$1,000 per courses will be available.  Proposal
guidelines and evaluation criteria will be somewhat different from the
normal Faculty Enhancement Curriculum & Program Development Program.  More
information will be available later this semester Application deadline is
February 12, 1999.

GET INVOLVED.  The SM&T Steering Committee is a volunteer group which is
organizing the implementation of this project.  We meet for a bag lunch
most Tuesday from 11:00 to 12:45 in 34A Lanigan.  We'll be glad to put you
on the email list for meeting announcements.

FOR MORE INFORMATION.  We would be glad to talk with you about the project
or your ideas for curriculum or program projects.  Please call or email: