Transforming a Civil Engineering Curriculum through GIS Integration

通过 GIS 集成转变土木工程课程

• 批准号: 0942366
• 负责人: Stephanie Ivey
• 金额: $ 19.94万
• 依托单位: University of Memphis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0942366&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transforming; Civil; Engineering; Curriculum; through

The goal of the project is to integrate a GIS-enabled design approach across a sequence of six required civil engineering courses. A collaborative development model is ensuring that curricular links between the courses are explicit and that a clear path for student skills progression in terms of technical competency, data synthesis and analysis, and problem solving is articulated in the developed materials. Through the use of these materials, students are developing an improved ability to analyze engineering problems in multiple contexts using a GIS platform. Furthermore, the project is leading to a new curriculum infusion model for critical cross-disciplinary topics and a sustainable curriculum transformation. It is also contributing to the body of knowledge on improving student understanding of core content and engineering decision-making abilities through the use of visualization software as the platform for a completely integrated and project-based, collaborative approach to learning. It is identifying best practices in terms of curriculum transformation to achieve the goal of enhanced student skill level not only in technical content, but also in societal and global context. The project is building on an existing program (Girls Experiencing Engineering) to engage K-12 teachers and middle and high school students. Other dissemination efforts include conference and journal papers and faculty workshops. Project evaluation, under the direction of a independent campus center, is using competency assessments and questionnaires to monitor the impact of the new material on the students knowledge, skills, and beliefs. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the instructional material, the faculty workshops, and the outreach to female K-12 students and teachers.

该项目的目标是将gis支持的设计方法整合到六门必需的土木工程课程中。协作开发模式确保课程之间的课程联系是明确的，并且在开发的材料中明确了学生在技术能力、数据综合和分析以及问题解决方面的技能进步的清晰路径。通过这些材料的使用，学生们将提高在多种情况下使用GIS平台分析工程问题的能力。此外，该项目还为关键的跨学科主题提供了新的课程注入模式，并实现了可持续的课程转型。通过使用可视化软件作为一个完全集成的、基于项目的、协作的学习方法的平台，它还有助于提高学生对核心内容的理解和工程决策能力的知识体系。它正在确定课程改革方面的最佳做法，以实现提高学生技能水平的目标，不仅在技术内容方面，而且在社会和全球背景下。该项目是在现有项目（女孩体验工程）的基础上开展的，旨在吸引K-12教师和初高中学生。其他传播工作包括会议和期刊论文以及教员讲习班。在一个独立的校园中心的指导下，项目评估正在使用能力评估和问卷调查来监测新材料对学生知识，技能和信念的影响。更广泛的影响包括传播教学材料、教师讲习班和向K-12女学生和教师伸出援手。