Creating a Framework to Enhance the Engineering Literacy of Education Majors and the Instructional Effectiveness of Engineering Faculty

本计画的目的是提升职前教师的工程素养，并提升工程系教师的教学技能。工程和教育学院的教师参加了一系列会议，以审查当前的文献，解决工程原理融入K-12课程和本科教育教学法的问题。教师还计划和实施教育课程的教学方法与介绍性工程项目课程的配对。一项试点研究为选定的教育专业学生提供了一个机会，让他们参加工程学入门课程，并与工程专业学生一起参加课程活动。此外，所有参与者都将参加每两周一次的研讨会，以评估试点方案的进展情况。项目评估包括研讨会的反馈，学生对工程的态度调查，管理的学习风格调查，参与者的反思日志分析，工程素养的测量。

The goals of this project are to increase the engineering literacy of pre-service teachers and to improve the teaching skills of engineering faculty. Faculty members in engineering and education participate in a series of sessions to review current literature addressing the integration of engineering principles into the K-12 curriculum and the pedagogy of undergraduate education. Faculty members also plan and implement the pairing of an education course in teaching methods with an introductory engineering projects course. A pilot study offers selected students majoring in education an opportunity to enroll in the introductory engineering course and to participate with engineering majors in the activities of the course. In addition, all participants are expected to participate in bi-weekly seminars to assess the progress of the pilot program. Project assessment includes feedback from the seminars, surveys of student attitudes toward engineering, administration of a learning styles survey, analysis of participants' reflective journals, and measurement of engineering literacy.