A Participatory Investigation of Learning in International Service Projects

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。这项授予伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的工程教育研究奖将聘请研究人员调查广受欢迎和迅速扩大的国际服务学习项目的学习机制和对工程教育的好处。据信，这些项目将激发未来工程师的许多能力，这些能力被美国国家工程院和工程教育认证委员会描述为必不可少的。这项研究的结果将有助于为工程师开发和传播以项目为中心的服务学习体验的研究型教育材料。它还将导致发现将共同课程国际项目工作的主要特点纳入教学和课程改革主流的模式和教学方法。国际项目可能是一种强有力的手段，可以为专业实践提供准备，在适用于国内和国际工程项目的有意义的情况下发展知识和能力。这些能力的获得将使工科学生更好地为参与更具全球竞争力的劳动力做好准备。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This engineering education research award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will employ researchers to investigate the learning mechanisms and benefits to engineering education of popular and rapidly expanding international service learning projects. These projects are believed to elicit many of the competencies for future engineers described as essential by the National Academy of Engineering and engineering education accreditation boards. The results of this research will enable the development and dissemination of research-based educational materials for project-centered service-learning experiences for engineers. It will also lead to the discovery of models and pedagogical approaches for incorporating key features of co-curricular international project work into the mainstream of instruction and curriculum reform. International projects may be a powerful means to provide preparation for professional practice, developing knowledge and competencies in meaningful contexts that are applicable for both domestic and international engineering projects. The acquisition of these competencies will better prepare engineering students to participate in a more globally competitive workforce.