Adapting a Proven Pre-Engineering Technology Program in Kentucky

在肯塔基州采用经过验证的预工程技术计划

• 批准号: 0101577
• 负责人: Vincent DiNoto
• 金额: $ 46.23万
• 依托单位: Kentucky Community & Technical College System
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0101577&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Adapting; Proven; Pre; Engineering; Technology

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) is adapting and implementing curricular materials and best practices from South Carolina's ATE Center of Excellence in order to increase enrollment, retention, diversity, and success rate of technology students. The goals of this project are: to develop a technology "portal" (i.e., a pre-technology curriculum) to serve under-prepared students desiring to enter a number of technology-related programs (not only Engineering Technology but Industrial and Engineering Technology, Applied Process Technologies, Industrial Chemical Technology, Information Technology and other related Technology Programs); to adapt the SC ATE Engineering Technology Freshman Year Core to accommodate the needs of KCTCS' Industrial & Engineering Technology program; to develop the faculty expertise to design and implement an integrated curriculum at both the portal and freshman levels; and to design and implement an integrated curriculum that will enhance students' basic skills in mathematics, communications, English, and physics, utilizing applied methodology in a technology environment. Key business and industry partners across the state are collaborating with faculty in curriculum design, and business and industry advisory committees at each pilot college are reviewing proposed curricula. All curricula are encompassing the skills identified in the SCANS report. The Kentucky model is adapting modules developed by the SC ATE and is using South Carolina's practices to create additional modules to meet the needs of the Commonwealth. As a result of this project, it is envisioned that a more diverse population will enroll in technology courses, remediation time will be shortened, students will be better prepared to enter the workforce and/or baccalaureate programs, and participants (faculty and students) will connect the required general education components more directly to the technological field in which they are teaching and learning.

肯塔基州社区和技术学院系统（KCTCS）正在调整和实施南卡罗来纳州的ATE卓越中心的课程材料和最佳实践，以提高技术学生的入学率、保留率、多样性和成功率。该项目的目标是：开发一个技术“门户”（即，一个技术前课程），以服务准备不足的学生希望进入一些技术相关的程序（不仅工程技术，但工业和工程技术，应用过程技术，工业化学技术，信息技术和其他相关的技术程序）;适应SC ATE工程技术大一核心，以适应KCTCS的工业&工程技术程序的需求;发展教师的专业知识，设计和实施综合课程，在门户网站和新生的水平;并设计和实施综合课程，将提高学生在数学，通信，英语和物理的基本技能，利用应用方法在技术环境。全州的主要商业和工业合作伙伴正在与教师合作设计课程，每个试点学院的商业和工业咨询委员会正在审查拟议的课程。所有课程都包括SCANS报告中确定的技能。肯塔基州的模式是适应由南卡罗来纳州ATE开发的模块，并使用南卡罗来纳州的做法，以创建额外的模块，以满足联邦的需要。作为该项目的结果，预计将有更多样化的人口参加技术课程，补救时间将缩短，学生将更好地准备进入劳动力和/或学士学位课程，参与者（教师和学生）将更直接地将所需的普通教育组件连接到他们正在教学和学习的技术领域。