Thinking Like an Engineer to Address Complex Problems Within the Education Enterprise

像工程师一样思考解决教育企业内的复杂问题

• 批准号: 1304964
• 负责人: Darryll Pines
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-01 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1304964&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Thinking; Like; Engineer; Address; Complex

This engineering education research project supports a workshop to explore how to apply the design and system thinking approaches engineers use to understand and improve educational systems. The goal of the workshop will be to explore how to develop meaningful synergies between education and engineering, as well as explore pathways to develop future leaders, policy makers, and administrators with competencies that span both disciplines. During the workshop an interdisciplinary group of 20 participants will develop a definition of the education system, define core competencies for understanding education at the enterprise level, and explore career pathways for future practitioners.The broader significance and importance of this project will be to explore how new academic, research and practice communities can be created that support the large and diverse education ecosystem. The creation of these communities has the potential to build bridges across professions in which there is currently little overlap, and potentially impact the quality of education offered all US citizens. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by creating results and research that are useful for society by informing educational policy and practices.

这个工程教育研究项目支持一个研讨会，探讨如何应用设计和系统思维方法工程师用来理解和改善教育系统。 研讨会的目标将是探讨如何发展教育和工程之间有意义的协同作用，以及探索途径，以培养未来的领导者，决策者和管理人员的能力，跨越这两个学科。 在研讨会期间，一个由20名参与者组成的跨学科小组将制定教育系统的定义，定义企业层面理解教育的核心能力，并探索未来从业者的职业道路。该项目的更广泛意义和重要性将是探索如何创建新的学术，研究和实践社区，以支持庞大而多样化的教育生态系统。这些社区的建立有可能在目前几乎没有重叠的职业之间建立桥梁，并可能影响所有美国公民的教育质量。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过准备一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改变前沿。 此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过为教育政策和实践提供信息来创造对社会有用的结果和研究。