化学与社会:跨学科视角下的通识课教学新探索

从通识教育的时代要求和化学的学科地位出发，首先讨论了在化学类通识课程建设中引入跨学科视角的意义和可操作性。随后以通识课"化学与社会"的建设为例，系统地分享了引入跨学科视角后的课程设计理念和内容框架建设，通过课堂实施方案的论述和特色实例的分享总结了课程实施经验，并以学生访谈资料分析讨论了课程取得的效果和需要进一步完善的方向。以期为跨学科理念在化学教育教学实践中的转化和落地开拓思路、提供经验。     

打造学科交叉国际育人平台 推动化学学科原始创新:吉林大学未来科学国际合作联合实验室*

学科交叉融合是前沿重大科学研究的重要特征,是学科原始创新及新学科产生的重要路径,更是拔尖创新人才培养的重要模式。学科交叉融合的根本目的在于打破传统学科之间的壁垒,运用知识的融通培养拔尖创新人才、开展跨学科研究创造新知识、解决前沿重大现实问题等。吉林大学未来科学国际合作联合实验室充分利用学科交叉培养人才的优势,整合化学学科和校内外、国内外优质资源,搭建多学科交叉科研平台,构建“大师-大平台-大学科”育人机制,产出原创性成果,促进化学学科原始创新。     

跨学科项目教学案例*——魔力沙

以魔术表演用的沙子为素材,开发了适用于高中选修课程“发展中的化学学科”的具有跨学科性的项目教学案例,该项目弱化理论分析环节后也可以用于初中科学实践活动课程。项目引导学生在更宽广的学科背景下认识物质及其变化的规律,帮助学生拓展视野和思路,综合运用化学、物理等学科的知识分析解决有关问题,发展“宏观辨识与微观探析”“科学探究与创新意识”“科学态度与社会责任”等化学学科核心素养。     

化学专业本硕博一体化培养的课程建设探索*

化学专业本硕博一体化培养的课程建设以博士教育综合改革为契机,借鉴一流高校的先进理念,梳理原来本硕博三级培养过程中存在的课程内容重叠、缺乏衔接、知识广度不足等问题,结合化学专业特点和本校学科优势,兼顾理论课程、实验课程及实践训练环节,优化教学资源,力求建成横向学科交叉、纵向层次递进的本硕博一体化系列课程,为贯通式人才培养提供有益探索。     

高中“化学反应与电能”跨学科项目式教学*——探究原电池电动势的影响因素

以“探究原电池电动势的影响因素”为项目学习主题,以探讨化学电源的应用、探究原电池的工作原理、测量原电池的电动势、搭建高电动势原电池等4个任务为关键项目任务,呈现高中“化学反应与电能”跨学科项目式教学设计思路和教学实践过程。     

Nanotechnology R&;D Policy of Japan and Nanotechnology Support Project

In the 2nd Science and Technology Basic Plan (2001–2005), the area of nanotechnology and materials is designated one of the four prioritized areas in funding. Following this plan, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industries (METI), the main funding ministries, and their organizations, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), RIKEN, New Energy and Industrial Technology Organization (NEDO), and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) promotes their research programs. Besides, in order to promote interdisciplinary, interorganizational, and international collaboration of researchers, Nanotechnology Support Project (NSP) was started by MEXT in 2002. The project has two missions: informational support and common use facility support. Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center of Japan is responsible for informational support, and 14 universities and national research institutes are responsible for common use facility support.     

Power-law autocorrelated stochastic processes with long-range cross-correlations

We develop a stochastic process with two coupled variables where the absolute values of each variable exhibit long-range power-law autocorrelations and are also long-range cross-correlated. We investigate how the scaling exponents characterizing power-law autocorrelation and long-range cross-correlation behavior in the absolute values of the generated variables depend on the two parameters in our model. In particular, if the autocorrelation is stronger, the cross-correlation is also stronger. We test the utility of our approach by comparing the autocorrelation and cross-correlation properties of the time series generated by our model with data on daily returns over ten years for two major financial indices, the Dow Jones and the S&P500, and on daily returns of two well-known company stocks, IBM and Microsoft, over five years.     

Integrated STEM in practice: Learning from Montessori philosophies and practices

In theory, STEM (interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is cross‐disciplinary and situated in real‐world problem‐solving contexts. In practice, STEM disciplines are often implemented separately using contrived contexts. This paper examines theoretical and empirical aspects of Montessori middle school science in the United States, and its alignment with the conceptual framework of integrated STEM. We selected Montessori adolescent environments because the Montessori philosophy involves interdisciplinary application contextualized in purposeful work and learning. Our research sought to investigate how Montessori middle schools have designed their science programs, and to situate these findings within the current landscape of STEM education and reform‐based science. Based on the results of our survey of 96 U.S. Montessori middle schools, we argue Montessori offers an integrated educational approach that meaningfully situates academic disciplines to mirror local and global challenges, well supported by theory and literature on STEM and situated learning theories. We assert that integrated STEM happens organically in many Montessori middle schools, and takes place through authentic work in communities of practice. Our research communicates the value of looking outside traditional school settings to examine alternative formal education spaces, like Montessori classrooms where integrated STEM happens organically.     

Kinetic market models with single commodity having price fluctuations

We study here numerically the behavior of an ideal gas like model of markets having only one non-consumable commodity. We investigate the behavior of the steady-state distributions of money, commodity and total wealth, as the dynamics of trading or exchange of money and commodity proceeds, with local (in time) fluctuations in the price of the commodity. These distributions are studied in markets with agents having uniform and random saving factors. The self-organizing features in money distribution are similar to the cases without any commodity (or with consumable commodities), while the commodity distribution shows an exponential decay. The wealth distribution shows interesting behavior: gamma like distribution for uniform saving propensity and has the same power-law tail, as that of the money distribution, for a market with agents having random saving propensity.     

Segregation effect in symmetric cellular automata model for two-lane mixed traffic

Segregation effects commonly exist in granular mixtures with difference in size, shape or density. In mixed traffic flow, slow vehicle and fast vehicle, as two types of particles, have different desired speed. We investigate the segregation along the road in mixed traffic flow by using a symmetric two-lane cellular automata model. A parameter D, which quantifies the degree of segregation, is defined. We study the density dependency of the parameter at different randomization probability. Simulation results show that segregation is more obviously in free flow region. We argue that the overtaking maneuvers have similar effect as percolation in granular flow.