Insights from Two Decades of P-12 Engineering Education Research
Insights from Two Decades of P-12 Engineering Education Research
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P-12 工程教育研究两个十年的见解
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2021
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通讯作者:
M. Ravel
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作者:
C. Sneider;M. Ravel
The 21st century has seen a growing movement in the United States towards the adoption of engineering and technology as a complement to science education. Motivated by this shift, this article offers insights into engineering education for grades P-12, based on a landscape review of 263 empirical research studies spanning the two decades from January 2000 to June 2021. These insights are organized around three core themes: (1) students’ understandings, skills, and attitudes about engineering and technology; (2) effective methods of P-12 engineering education; and (3) benefits of P-12 engineering education. The insights are captured in the form of evidence-based claims summarized as a set of ten findings. The findings start with the recognition that students at all age levels in the United States—though not in many other countries—have narrow conceptions of technology and engineering. A key finding is that for students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, it is important to develop their interest at an early age. Several findings address effective strategies for engaging students in engineering, both in schools and in afterschool and summer programs. These include generalizable teaching methods suitable across a wide range of educators and students, as well as topical approaches around specific themes such as the design of robots, or biomedical devices. One of the most encouraging findings is that multiple methods have successfully addressed a major social inequity: improving the attitudes, STEM skills, and career aspirations of girls, students of color, and students from low-income families. The last group of findings addresses the benefits of engineering education including not only increased knowledge and skills, but also lifelong skills such as teamwork, communication, and creativity, as well as persistence, motivation, self-confidence, and STEM identity. We hope that these insights may be of value to researchers, educators, administrators, and policy leaders.
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DOI:
10.7771/2157-9288.1281
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER
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作者:
Verdín, Dina;Smith, Jessica M;Lucena, Juan
通讯作者:
Lucena, Juan
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Barton, Angela Calabrese;Tan, Edna
通讯作者:
Tan, Edna
影响因子:
3
作者:
Ruth, Alissa;Hackman, Joseph;Brewis, Alexandra;Spence, Tameka;Luchmun, Rachel;Velez, Jennifer;Ganesh, Tirupalavanam
通讯作者:
Ganesh, Tirupalavanam
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Calabrese Barton, Angela;Tan, Edna
通讯作者:
Tan, Edna
DOI:
10.7771/2157-9288.1317
发表时间:
2023
期刊:
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER
影响因子:
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作者:
Kouo, Jennifer;Dalal, Medha;Lee, Eunsil;Berhane, Bruk;Emiola-Owolabi, Olushola;Ladeji-Osias, Jumoke;Beauchamp, Cheryl;Reid, Ken;Klein-Gardner, Stacy;Carberry, Adam
通讯作者:
Carberry, Adam