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

这个工程教育研究项目支持一个研讨会，探讨如何应用工程师用来理解和改进教育系统的设计和系统思维方法。研讨会的目标将是探讨如何在教育和工程之间发展有意义的协同作用，以及探索培养未来的领导者、政策制定者和具有跨学科能力的管理者的途径。在研讨会期间，一个由20名与会者组成的跨学科小组将对教育系统进行定义，确定理解企业一级教育的核心能力，并为未来的从业人员探索职业道路。该项目更广泛的意义和重要性在于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。这些社区的创建有可能在目前几乎没有重叠的职业之间架起桥梁，并可能影响向所有美国公民提供的教育质量。该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过培养具有新能力和专业知识的工程人才来改变前沿。此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过创造对社会有用的结果和研究，为教育政策和实践提供信息。

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.