Effect of COVID on a High School Engineering Curriculum (Work in Progress)
Effect of COVID on a High School Engineering Curriculum (Work in Progress)
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新冠疫情对高中工程课程的影响(正在进行中)
DOI:
10.18260/1-2--37007
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发表时间:
2021
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通讯作者:
Tina M. Griesinger
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作者:
Kenneth Reid;Tina M. Griesinger
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education on all fronts with no warning. While universities largely adapted by moving lectures from in-person to online, the response from the K-12 community was not as straightforward. Existing issues of equity, access, and inclusion required school districts, schools, and teachers to adopt a variety of untested solutions, including online instruction, canceled classes, and shipping materials/supplies to students at home. The pilot year of a project meant to introduce engineering to K-12 students, e4usa was largely running as anticipated when the COVID disruption derailed the pilot cohort of teachers. This unexpected transition provides a unique opportunity to understand changes that were made and the drivers for those changes, especially when implementing a new and innovative engineering curriculum. We know that high schools adapted quickly. This work-in-progress discusses initial findings from teacher interviews on their experience during this unforeseen and unique transition. Teacher interviews were analyzed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 disruption from the perspective of a teacher new to an engineering curriculum. Specifically, we will begin to examine the following research question: How did the pilot year e4usa teachers adapt and deliver the curriculum during the COVID-19 disruption? We explored teacher delivery of the e4usa curriculum through a variety of levels to capture the drivers that prompted decisions, identify pedagogical adjustments, and identify drivers behind the chosen changes. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021