From lzc at dl.ac.uk Tue Jan 10 17:29:31 2006 From: lzc at dl.ac.uk (L. Cranswick) Date: Tue Jan 10 17:29:49 2006 Subject: Proposal for the Teaching Commission (fwd) Message-ID: <200601101729.k0AHTVkq1168336@xrdsv1.dl.ac.uk> If there are volunteers ready to do the work, what actual Commission member involvement is required? Can they be told to go ahead and return when they have their drafts ready? Lachlan > Dear members/consultants of the Teaching Commission > I am forwarding an exchange of messages copied to me by my colleague and > friend Giovanni Ferraris of the University of Turin who with Prof > Dhananjiai Pandey support the possibility to re-start producing the > pamphlets like that ones produced some time ago. > I should like very much to know your opinion on this matter and in case > who would like to volunteer for starting with a possible programme. > I will send very soon detailed information about the school (you > probably remeber the exchange of messages we had at the end of last > september on this subject) planned for next september in Pontignano. > Please, send me a reply to this message to let me know that you have > received it. > Wishing a very happy and successful 2006 > Best regards > Paola > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > Dear Dhananjai, > > > I appreciate very much you proposal to be responsible of a liaison > > > between CIMS and the Teaching Commission. In particular, I would be > > > very happy if you could organize the publication of pamphlets as you > > > mention in your message below. I suggest you to directly contact the > > > Chair of the Teaching Commission, Paola Spadon paola.spadon@unipd.it > > > (who receives CC this message), in order to agree a programme. > > > Best regards > > > Giovanni > > > > > > At 13.47 23/11/2005, you wrote: > > >>Dear Giovanni, > > >> Sorry, I could not reply to you earlier than today as I > > >> was out of town. As regards the responsibilities, I shall be happy > > >> to Liaison with the commission on crystallographic teaching for > > >> preparation of new pamphlets. As you may already be aware, this > > >> commission brought out twenty pamphlets in the initial years and I > > >> happened to have written one of these. I think we should identify a > > >> few topics and some potential writers for writing pamphlets related > > >> to teaching of mineralogical and inorganic structures. I can > > >> coordinate this programme. > > >>With best regards, > > >>Yours sincerely > > >>Dhananjai > > > > > > Dr. Dhananjai Pandey, FASc, FNA > > > Professor and Coordinator, > > > School of Materials Science and Technology, Institute of Technology, > > > Banaras Hindu University, > > > Varanasi-221005, INDIA > > > Telephone: 91-542-2307047/46(Office) > > > Fax: 91-542-2368707/2368428 > > > > > -- > Paola Spadon > President of the Italian Crystallographic Association AIC > Executive Secretary of the Erice International School of Crystallography > Dip. Scienze Chimiche - via Marzolo, 1 - 35131 Padova, > Italy > phone: ++39.049.827.5275 fax: ++39.049.827.5239 > e-mail: paola.spadon@unipd.it > > Please, NOTE: if you wish to have news about the next Erice meeting, > "Structural Biology of Large Molecular Assemblies", > 9 - 18 June 2006, > click onto > http://crystalerice.org > Coming soon: > 2007: Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties: State-of-the-art > in Modeling, > Design, and Applications > 2008: From Molecules to Medicine: Integrating Crystallography > 2009: Contribution to Modern Technology via High Pressure > Crystallography > 2010: Frontiers of Powder Diffraction > 2011: Electron Crystallography - Structures of minute crystallites woth > exceptional properties > -- ----------------------- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Contact outside working hours / Coordonnees en dehors des heures de travail: NEW E-mail / courriel: lc *at* bluehaze.com.au Home Tel: (613) 584-4226 Mobile/Cell: 613 401 3433 WWW: http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/ P.O. Box 2057, Deep River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0 (please use clear titles in any Email - otherwise messages might accidentally get put in the SPAM list due to large amount of junk Email being received. If you don't get an expected reply to any messages, please try again.) (Essayez d'utiliser des titres explicites - sans quoi vos messages pourraient aboutir dans un dossier de rebuts, du fait de la quantite tres importante de pourriels recue. Si vous n'obtenez pas la reponse attendue, merci de bien vouloir renvoyer un message.) From xraysue at science.uct.ac.za Wed Jan 11 14:18:31 2006 From: xraysue at science.uct.ac.za (Susan Bourne) Date: Wed Jan 11 12:18:36 2006 Subject: Proposal for the Teaching Commission (fwd) In-Reply-To: <200601101729.k0AHTVkq1168336@xrdsv1.dl.ac.uk> References: <200601101729.k0AHTVkq1168336@xrdsv1.dl.ac.uk> Message-ID: <43C4F797.2050405@science.uct.ac.za> The teaching pamphlets are very valuable. I certainly refer students to the iucr website for these. If there are people willing to write them, by all means ask them to go ahead. The commission might only be needed for final editing, if necessary. Susan L. Cranswick wrote: >If there are volunteers ready to do the work, what actual Commission >member involvement is required? Can they be told to go ahead and >return when they have their drafts ready? > >Lachlan > > > >>Dear members/consultants of the Teaching Commission >>I am forwarding an exchange of messages copied to me by my colleague and >>friend Giovanni Ferraris of the University of Turin who with Prof >>Dhananjiai Pandey support the possibility to re-start producing the >>pamphlets like that ones produced some time ago. >>I should like very much to know your opinion on this matter and in case >>who would like to volunteer for starting with a possible programme. >>I will send very soon detailed information about the school (you >>probably remeber the exchange of messages we had at the end of last >>september on this subject) planned for next september in Pontignano. >>Please, send me a reply to this message to let me know that you have >>received it. >>Wishing a very happy and successful 2006 >>Best regards >>Paola >>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >> >> Dear Dhananjai, >> >> >>>>I appreciate very much you proposal to be responsible of a liaison >>>>between CIMS and the Teaching Commission. In particular, I would be >>>>very happy if you could organize the publication of pamphlets as you >>>>mention in your message below. I suggest you to directly contact the >>>>Chair of the Teaching Commission, Paola Spadon paola.spadon@unipd.it >>>>(who receives CC this message), in order to agree a programme. >>>>Best regards >>>>Giovanni >>>> >>>>At 13.47 23/11/2005, you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Dear Giovanni, >>>>> Sorry, I could not reply to you earlier than today as I >>>>>was out of town. As regards the responsibilities, I shall be happy >>>>>to Liaison with the commission on crystallographic teaching for >>>>>preparation of new pamphlets. As you may already be aware, this >>>>>commission brought out twenty pamphlets in the initial years and I >>>>>happened to have written one of these. I think we should identify a >>>>>few topics and some potential writers for writing pamphlets related >>>>>to teaching of mineralogical and inorganic structures. I can >>>>>coordinate this programme. >>>>>With best regards, >>>>>Yours sincerely >>>>>Dhananjai >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Dr. Dhananjai Pandey, FASc, FNA >>>>Professor and Coordinator, >>>>School of Materials Science and Technology, Institute of Technology, >>>>Banaras Hindu University, >>>>Varanasi-221005, INDIA >>>>Telephone: 91-542-2307047/46(Office) >>>>Fax: 91-542-2368707/2368428 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>-- >>Paola Spadon >>President of the Italian Crystallographic Association AIC >>Executive Secretary of the Erice International School of Crystallography >>Dip. Scienze Chimiche - via Marzolo, 1 - 35131 Padova, >>Italy >>phone: ++39.049.827.5275 fax: ++39.049.827.5239 >>e-mail: paola.spadon@unipd.it >> >>Please, NOTE: if you wish to have news about the next Erice meeting, >> "Structural Biology of Large Molecular Assemblies", >>9 - 18 June 2006, >> click onto >>http://crystalerice.org >>Coming soon: >>2007: Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties: State-of-the-art >>in Modeling, >> Design, and Applications >>2008: From Molecules to Medicine: Integrating Crystallography >>2009: Contribution to Modern Technology via High Pressure >>Crystallography >>2010: Frontiers of Powder Diffraction >>2011: Electron Crystallography - Structures of minute crystallites woth >>exceptional properties >> >> >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://scripts.iucr.org/pipermail/teaching-commission/attachments/20060111/d6aa3507/attachment.htm From kkantardjieff at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU Wed Jan 11 19:51:30 2006 From: kkantardjieff at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU (Kantardjieff, Katherine) Date: Thu Jan 12 03:51:37 2006 Subject: FW: Proposal for the Teaching Commission (fwd) Message-ID: <5B2984031EE67E4ABFE37FB961D24D4C072351A4@e2k1.Fullerton.EDU> -----Original Message----- From: Kantardjieff, Katherine Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:46 AM To: 'Discussion list of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Teaching' Subject: RE: Proposal for the Teaching Commission (fwd) I think the production of teaching pamphlets is an interesting idea, and we might consider instead or in addition, providing these in electronic form, which would probably reach a broader audience. These can be endorsed by the IUCr, as well as all the regional affiliates. There are actually quite a number of teaching materials already floating about and available, and the commission might wish to first gather information on all of these, review them and endorse what is already of suitable quality. Furthermore, the US Committee and ACA have recently completed a draft policy statement on education and training in crystallography for the 21st century. These guidelines could be used in developing/reviewing materials. The policy document is now circulating for final approval, and I believe it will be submitted to the IUCr later this spring. In practice, if there are people interested in taking on the task of creating new or revising existing materials, I would like to see them submit a short proposal or outline to the commission. This would indicate what they intend to produce, the objectives and the target audience. The commission can approve or make suggestions, and then set a timeline to complete a specific task or tasks. Katherine -----Original Message----- From: teaching-commission-bounces@iucr.org [mailto:teaching-commission-bounces@iucr.org] On Behalf Of L. Cranswick Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:30 AM To: IUCr Teaching Commission Listserv Subject: Proposal for the Teaching Commission (fwd) If there are volunteers ready to do the work, what actual Commission member involvement is required? Can they be told to go ahead and return when they have their drafts ready? Lachlan > Dear members/consultants of the Teaching Commission > I am forwarding an exchange of messages copied to me by my colleague and > friend Giovanni Ferraris of the University of Turin who with Prof > Dhananjiai Pandey support the possibility to re-start producing the > pamphlets like that ones produced some time ago. > I should like very much to know your opinion on this matter and in case > who would like to volunteer for starting with a possible programme. > I will send very soon detailed information about the school (you > probably remeber the exchange of messages we had at the end of last > september on this subject) planned for next september in Pontignano. > Please, send me a reply to this message to let me know that you have > received it. > Wishing a very happy and successful 2006 > Best regards > Paola > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > Dear Dhananjai, > > > I appreciate very much you proposal to be responsible of a liaison > > > between CIMS and the Teaching Commission. In particular, I would be > > > very happy if you could organize the publication of pamphlets as you > > > mention in your message below. I suggest you to directly contact the > > > Chair of the Teaching Commission, Paola Spadon paola.spadon@unipd.it > > > (who receives CC this message), in order to agree a programme. > > > Best regards > > > Giovanni > > > > > > At 13.47 23/11/2005, you wrote: > > >>Dear Giovanni, > > >> Sorry, I could not reply to you earlier than today as I > > >> was out of town. As regards the responsibilities, I shall be happy > > >> to Liaison with the commission on crystallographic teaching for > > >> preparation of new pamphlets. As you may already be aware, this > > >> commission brought out twenty pamphlets in the initial years and I > > >> happened to have written one of these. I think we should identify a > > >> few topics and some potential writers for writing pamphlets related > > >> to teaching of mineralogical and inorganic structures. I can > > >> coordinate this programme. > > >>With best regards, > > >>Yours sincerely > > >>Dhananjai > > > > > > Dr. Dhananjai Pandey, FASc, FNA > > > Professor and Coordinator, > > > School of Materials Science and Technology, Institute of Technology, > > > Banaras Hindu University, > > > Varanasi-221005, INDIA > > > Telephone: 91-542-2307047/46(Office) > > > Fax: 91-542-2368707/2368428 > > > > > -- > Paola Spadon > President of the Italian Crystallographic Association AIC > Executive Secretary of the Erice International School of Crystallography > Dip. Scienze Chimiche - via Marzolo, 1 - 35131 Padova, > Italy > phone: ++39.049.827.5275 fax: ++39.049.827.5239 > e-mail: paola.spadon@unipd.it > > Please, NOTE: if you wish to have news about the next Erice meeting, > "Structural Biology of Large Molecular Assemblies", > 9 - 18 June 2006, > click onto > http://crystalerice.org > Coming soon: > 2007: Engineering of Crystalline Materials Properties: State-of-the-art > in Modeling, > Design, and Applications > 2008: From Molecules to Medicine: Integrating Crystallography > 2009: Contribution to Modern Technology via High Pressure > Crystallography > 2010: Frontiers of Powder Diffraction > 2011: Electron Crystallography - Structures of minute crystallites woth > exceptional properties > -- ----------------------- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Contact outside working hours / Coordonnees en dehors des heures de travail: NEW E-mail / courriel: lc *at* bluehaze.com.au Home Tel: (613) 584-4226 Mobile/Cell: 613 401 3433 WWW: http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/ P.O. Box 2057, Deep River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0 (please use clear titles in any Email - otherwise messages might accidentally get put in the SPAM list due to large amount of junk Email being received. If you don't get an expected reply to any messages, please try again.) (Essayez d'utiliser des titres explicites - sans quoi vos messages pourraient aboutir dans un dossier de rebuts, du fait de la quantite tres importante de pourriels recue. Si vous n'obtenez pas la reponse attendue, merci de bien vouloir renvoyer un message.) _______________________________________________ teaching-commission mailing list teaching-commission@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/teaching-commission From lzc at dl.ac.uk Mon Jan 30 03:16:08 2006 From: lzc at dl.ac.uk (L. Cranswick) Date: Mon Jan 30 03:16:12 2006 Subject: IUCr Teaching Commission newsletter Message-ID: <200601300316.k0U3G8V2090798@xrdsv1.dl.ac.uk> Paola requested I also send the following to the list. For the Teaching Commission newsletter, I have been sending the following (with minor changes as per the recipient) to various crystallographers. So far there has been around a 50% success rate, and I am half way in the list of intended recipients. If members of the list can also write articles, or suggest contributors, feel free to do so to lachlan.cranswick@nrc.gc.ca Lachlan. For the upcoming IUCr Teaching Commission newsletter, would you be able to write an article on crystallographic teaching - maybe concentrating on how things are/have been done in your region. This is mainly concentrating on the teaching of the fundamentals of crystallographic, and how this may have changed over the years, time/lecture allocations, formal to informal teaching, etc. Can you also recommend other crystallographers who might also be able to elaborate on this topic. (Refusal won't offend. The overall aim and scope of the newsletter is given below. Deadline of 3rd June 2006): Sincerely, Lachlan -------------- http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/cteach/ The overall aim is to try and get a rough overview of what is the state of play with postgraduate crystallographic teaching (or preliminary to postgraduate education) in various regions of the world (formal and informal tuition) and also what was the state of play in the past as a comparison. Plus obtain comments and criticism on what topics and methods of teaching have been found to work or fail. This would be 2 to 4, A4 pages. Though as this is an on-line publication, it can be longer. ----------- The intended theme of this first issue is the "teaching of the fundamentals of crystallography at the post graduate level" (or in preparation for continuting to the postgraduate level); with an aim of getting an overview of past and present methods, corricular and ideas on teaching crystallography. Teaching articles not specifically on this theme are also welcome. Articles are requested discussing past and present curriculum and teaching of crystallography (what was found to work, what didn't; strong points of particular curricula vs detrimental modifications; using traditional teaching technology vs modern computing/internet based, etc). Articles on crystallographic teaching in an environment where there is no formal crystallography courses are also very welcome, as this is also becoming the norm in much of the world. Actual teaching material is also very welcome, can also be submitted as addenda, in the original written language (there is no restriction to English only teaching material). ---------- Any articles can be sent (deadline of 3rd June 2006), in a single column MS-Word friendly format, to Lachlan Cranswick at Lachlan.Cranswick@nrc.gc.ca Submissions will be reformatted to the newsletter style, which will be near identical to the IUCr Computing Commission Newsletter: http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/ccom/newsletters/2005jan/ -- ----------------------- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Contact outside working hours / Coordonnees en dehors des heures de travail: NEW E-mail / courriel: lc *at* bluehaze.com.au Home Tel: (613) 584-4226 Mobile/Cell: 613 401 3433 WWW: http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/ P.O. Box 2057, Deep River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1P0 (please use clear titles in any Email - otherwise messages might accidentally get put in the SPAM list due to large amount of junk Email being received. If you don't get an expected reply to any messages, please try again.) (Essayez d'utiliser des titres explicites - sans quoi vos messages pourraient aboutir dans un dossier de rebuts, du fait de la quantite tres importante de pourriels recue. Si vous n'obtenez pas la reponse attendue, merci de bien vouloir renvoyer un message.)