Problem Based Learning in Advanced Manufacturing: Transforming 21st Century Technician Education

先进制造中的基于问题的学习（PBL）：转型21世纪技术人员教育项目建立在几个成功项目的基础上，正在开发一套课程，并提供专业发展，将基于问题的学习引入先进制造培训。这项工作主要支持社区学院。本项目的行业伙伴关系将在资助期后继续开展工作。基于问题的学习是一种公认的、高度参与的教学方法，在先进制造的几个领域正在提高学生的成绩。该项目正在开发和传播PBL经验，以应对多个跨学科的现实世界先进制造挑战。为了促进项目的扩展，项目调查人员还创建了PBL设计模板，使其他人更容易创建有效的PBL课程。随着项目的进展，研究人员将继续研究PBL在工程技术人员和STEM教育中的效果。为新英格兰地区的社区学院工程技术人员提供专业发展和持续支持，使他们能够在课堂上实施PBL。与高中的接触增加了准备进入STEM专业的学生人数。

The Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Advanced Manufacturing: Transforming 21st Century Technician Education project builds on several successful projects and is developing a curriculum and providing professional development to bring problem based learning to advanced manufacturing training. The work primarily supports Community Colleges. The industry partnerships in this project will sustain the work beyond the funding period. Problem based learning is a well recognized, highly engaging teaching pedagogy and is improving student achievement in several areas of advanced manufacturing. The project is developing and disseminating PBL lessons for several interdisciplinary real-world advanced manufacturing challenges. To facilitate expansion of the program, the project investigators are also creating PBL design templates that make it easier for others to create effective PBL lessons. As the project progresses, investigators continue to study the efficacy of PBL in engineering technician and STEM education.Professional development and ongoing support is provided to community college engineering technician faculty across New England enabling them to implement PBL in the classroom. Outreach to high schools is increasing the number of students prepared to enter STEM majors.