High School Enterprise

高中企业

• 批准号: 0835670
• 负责人: Douglas Oppliger
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0835670&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enterprise

This project will extend, expand and assess an after-school program in which students from grades 9-12 engage in active, applied STEM learning. High School Enterprise (HSE) teams will participate in "virtual" companies that provide technical services to actual clients and develop products intended for ultimate distribution through the marketplace. HSE team projects will be STEM-based. Like athletic teams, HSE teams will be coached by specially-trained high school teachers and will have access to expertise and mentoring from professionals in academia and industry. The teams will write business plans, solve real-world problems, perform testing and analyses, build prototypes, manufacture parts, stay within budgets, and manage their projects. This project will implement and evaluate the HSE program in a broad range of schools and among diverse groups of students, including students who are underrepresented in STEM fields. Pilot schools include rural and inner city, small and large, and schools that are culturally, ethnically and geographically diverse. At the conclusion of their HSE experiences, students will demonstrate proficiency in the top applied workforce skills identified by U.S. employers as essential to enter and contribute to the STEM workforce, they will be more disposed to enter STEM careers, and they will be better equipped to undertake the work that prepares them for these careers. The High School Enterprise program will help avert the looming shortage of professionals needed to enter and sustain the domestic high-technology workforce by increasing the interest in and preparation for engineering education. The program will be an after-school activity that should be highly effective in motivating thousands more high school students, especially underrepresented students, to pursue careers in science and engineering. HSE relies on academic, industry, and community partnerships for success. This is also its key to sustainability because the program will ultimately benefit the partners that support it.

该项目将延伸、扩大和评估一项课外计划，在该计划中，9-12年级的学生将参与积极的、应用的STEM学习。高中企业(HSE)团队将参与为实际客户提供技术服务并开发旨在通过市场最终分销的产品的“虚拟”公司。HSE团队项目将以STEM为基础。与运动队一样，HSE队将由受过专门培训的高中教师执教，并可从学术界和工业界的专业人士那里获得专业知识和指导。这些团队将撰写商业计划，解决现实世界的问题，进行测试和分析，建造原型，制造零部件，控制在预算之内，并管理他们的项目。该项目将在广泛的学校和不同的学生群体中实施和评估HSE计划，包括STEM领域代表性不足的学生。试点学校包括农村和市中心、大大小小的学校，以及文化、种族和地理多样化的学校。在结束他们的HSE经历后，学生将证明他们精通被美国雇主确定为进入STEM劳动力并为其做出贡献的顶尖应用劳动力技能，他们将更愿意进入STEM职业生涯，他们将更好地为从事为这些职业做准备的工作做准备。高中企业计划将通过提高人们对工程教育的兴趣和准备，帮助避免迫在眉睫的专业人员短缺，这些专业人员需要进入并维持国内高科技劳动力。该计划将是一项课外活动，应该会非常有效地激励数以千计的高中生，特别是代表不足的学生，在科学和工程领域追求职业生涯。HSE的成功依赖于学术、行业和社区的伙伴关系。这也是其可持续发展的关键，因为该计划最终将使支持它的合作伙伴受益。