21st Century Learning: A Connecticut Higher Education, Industry and Government Collaboration

21 世纪学习：康涅狄格州高等教育、行业和政府合作

• 批准号: 0903131
• 负责人: John Birch
• 金额: $ 89.8万
• 依托单位: Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903131&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 21st; Century; Learning; Connecticut; Higher

The Connecticut Community Colleges and their College of Technology (COT) in partnership with the Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program (CPEP) is expanding and enhancing their Life Support and Sustainable Living (LSSL) Program. The LSSL Program is focusing on Mechanical Engineering Technology and is: (1) providing additional community college, university students, and faculty with unstructured, case-based learning experiences; (2) preparing participants for the workplace through professional skills education, including leadership, team building, project planning and management, behavioral diversity, and critical thinking; and (3) developing case-based learning curricula for dissemination to high schools and community colleges.Past LSSL case-based student projects include the development of a sleep apnea monitor for premature infants, space suit design modifications, and helicopter-delivered pods for natural disaster mitigation. The current project is expanding the LSSL Program to all twelve Connecticut Community Colleges, additional universities, and industry partners. In addition, the LSSL Program is strengthening the pipeline from high schools to community colleges, preparing graduates for the workforce or continuing their education. Summer workshops are being used to disseminate grade-level appropriate scenarios to high school teachers and CPEP is disseminating the best practices of the LSSL Program through the Engineering Challenge for the 21st Century Program, a four-week program for urban youth.

康涅狄格州社区学院及其技术学院（COT）与康涅狄格州预工程计划（CPEP）合作，正在扩大和加强其生命支持和可持续生活（LSSL）计划。 LSSL计划专注于机械工程技术，并且：（1）为社区学院，大学生和教师提供非结构化，基于案例的学习经验;（2）通过专业技能教育为参与者做好工作准备，包括领导力，团队建设，项目规划和管理，行为多样性和批判性思维;以及（3）开发以案例为基础的学习课程，以传播到高中和社区大学。过去LSSL以案例为基础的学生项目包括开发早产儿睡眠呼吸暂停监测器、修改宇航服设计以及用于减轻自然灾害的自动运送吊舱。 目前的项目是扩大LSSL计划，所有12个康涅狄格州社区学院，其他大学和行业合作伙伴。此外，LSSL计划正在加强从高中到社区大学的渠道，为毕业生进入劳动力市场或继续接受教育做好准备。 正在利用暑期讲习班向高中教师传播年级一级的适当情景，而该方案正在通过21世纪工程挑战方案传播LSSL方案的最佳做法，该方案是一个针对城市青年的为期四周的方案。