Building an Engineering Education Partnership

提案编号：0230625 PRINCIPAL调查员：Ellis，GlennInstitution名称：Smith CollegeTITLE：建立工程和教育伙伴关系史密斯学院向桥梁工程教育提出的建议，NSF-02-092史密斯学院Picker工程项目，教育和儿童研究部，以及教育外展局建议在他们已经建立的创新伙伴关系的基础上，提高K-16之前工程教育的质量，扩大工程教育的覆盖范围。第一个目标是通过a)开发技术/工程方面的认证计划，以及b)设计小学工程教育的认证计划，将工程纳入史密斯教育和儿童研究计划。第二个目标是通过扩大专家教育者在课程开发过程中的作用，在Picker Engineering Program中发展最佳教育做法。第三个目标是通过开发工程教育教师资源和扩大面向教师的工程教育课程，加强史密斯学院的工程教育外展。这些目标响应了国家对科学教育改革(学前教育)和将工程教育纳入学前教育课程的呼吁；响应了在学院和大学一级进行工程教育改革的呼吁；并响应了在我国劳动力队伍中招募和留住妇女和在科学、工程和技术领域任职人数偏少的少数族裔的迫切需要。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230625PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Ellis, GlennINSTITUTION NAME: Smith CollegeTITLE: Building an Engineering Education PartnershipABSTRACTBuilding an Engineering and Education PartnershipSmith College Proposal to Bridges for Engineering Education, NSF-02-092 The Smith College Picker Engineering Program, Department of Education and Child Study, and Office of Educational Outreach propose to build upon an innovative partnership they have already established to enhance the quality and expand the reach of engineering education preK-16. The first goal is to integrate engineering into the Smith Department of Education and Child Study program by a) developing a certification program in technology/engineering, and b) designing a certificate program for elementary school engineering education. The second goal is to develop best educational practices in the Picker Engineering Program by expanding the role of an expert educator in the curriculum development process. The third goal is to enhance engineering educational outreach at Smith College by developing engineering education teacher resources and by expanding the engineering education course for teachers. These goals respond to national calls for science education reform (preK-12) and for the integrating engineering education into the preK-12 curriculum; to the call for engineering education reform at the college and university level; and, to the grave need to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minorities in science, engineering, and technology fields in our nation's workforce.