Adapting and Implementing the SCATE Technology Gateway Project-based Curriculum

这个为期两年的项目让学业困难的学生通过学术发展部开始他们在技术项目中的大学学习。该项目为大学水平的学位课程和技术职业生涯的工作提供了全面的准备。重点是跨学科、合作、基于项目的学习，以提高学生的基本科学、技术、工程、数学和沟通技能。通过调整和实施由南卡罗来纳州高级技术教育(SCATE)卓越中心开发的技术门户课程，学生通过在几个工作场所问题情景的背景下实践、体验式学习来调查各种技术领域。该项目的目标是为学生的技术职业生涯做好准备，并发展终身学习技能，以提升自己并造福社会。在技术职业实验室中采用和实施这种基于项目的教育模式可以提高学生的参与度，提供实践学习，促进团队合作，并培养自适应的问题解决者。技术门户课程的递归性质允许仔细衡量增加的团队技能、将知识转移到新环境的能力，以及将学术概念应用到现实生活中的能力。通过SCATE和跨学科项目团队对这种教育模式进行培训的机会，整个社区都受到了影响。考虑到目标学生群体，该项目正在为这个种族、文化和经济多元化的社区做准备，使其在技术劳动力中取得更大的成功。

The two-year project involves academically disadvantaged students beginning their collegiate studies in technical programs through the Department of Academic Development. The project provides comprehensive preparedness for college level degree programs and for work in technical careers. The focus is on interdisciplinary, cooperative, project-based learning in order to improve the basic science, technology, engineering, mathematical, and communication skills of students. By adapting and implementing the Technology Gateway curriculum, developed by the South Carolina Advanced Technological Education (SCATE) Center of Excellence, students investigate various technical fields through hands-on, experiential learning in the context of several workplace problem-scenarios. The goal of this project is to prepare students for technical careers and develop life-long learning skills to advance themselves and also to benefit society. Adapting and implementing this project-based education model in the Technical Career Lab increases student engagement, provides for hands-on learning, promotes teamwork and cooperation, and creates adaptive problem-solvers. The recursive nature of the Technology Gateway curriculum allows for careful measurement of increased teaming skills, the ability to transfer knowledge to new contexts, and the application of academic concepts to real-life situations. The entire community is being impacted through the opportunity for training in this educational model by SCATE and the interdisciplinary project team. Given the target student population, the project is preparing this ethnically, culturally, and economically diverse community to be more successful in the technical workforce.