Engineering for All (EfA)

“全民工程”项目为中学技术教育课创建、测试和修改了为期两到六周的原型模块，使用统一的主题和食物和水的重要社会背景。这些模块以工程设计为核心教学方法，并整合了大学和职业准备标准的内容和实践。开发和测试嵌入式评估是为了让教师和学生都能看到学生的学习情况。为有限的教师群体提供专业发展，以增加他们对工程设计的知识，并测试正在开发的工具，以衡量(a)学生和教师采用知情设计实践的能力，以及(b)教师设计教学内容知识。项目领导在为工程和技术创造材料以及为教师提供专业发展方面经验丰富。评估和工具是由教育研究人员创建的。顾问委员会包括工程师、科学和工程教育工作者以及教育研究人员，以指导模块、评估和工具的开发。外部评估人员审查协议及其实现。该项目有可能为工程/技术教育提供示范材料和评估，以解决标准问题，改变教师实践，并增加工程/技术教育界进行研究的能力。

The Engineering for All project creates, tests and revises two-six week prototypical modules for middle school technology education classes, using the unifying themes and important social contexts of food and water. The modules employ engineering design as the core pedagogy and integrate content and practices from the standards for college and career readiness. Embedded assessments are developed and tested to make student learning visible to both teachers and students. Professional development for a limited group of teachers is used to increase their knowledge of engineering design and to test instruments being developed to measure (a) student and teacher capacity to employ informed design practices and (b) teacher design pedagogical content knowledge. The project leadership is experienced at creating materials for engineering and technology and in providing professional development for teachers. The assessments and instruments are created by educational researchers. The advisory board includes engineers, science and engineering educators, and educational researchers to guide the development of the modules, the assessments and the instruments. An external evaluator reviews the protocols and their implementation. This project has the potential to provide exemplary materials and assessments for engineering/technology education that address standards, change teacher practice, and increase the capacity of the engineering/technology education community to do research.