Engineering Technology Challenge

工程技术挑战赛

• 批准号: 1501904
• 负责人: mehrdad faezi
• 金额: $ 84.99万
• 依托单位: Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1501904&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Technology; Challenge

The Engineering Technology Challenge (ETC) program is a collaboration among Connecticut community colleges, three inner-city high schools, industry, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA), and Catalysts Powering Educational Performance (CPEP Inc.) to engage a diverse group of underrepresented students from urban comprehensive high schools in Saturday and summer programs focused on manufacturing technology. The program will create teams of high school students, mentored by community college students, faculty, and industry professionals in industry-driven problem based learning (PBL) projects, including the integration of professional skills and teamwork. Specifically, the ETC Program will develop and implement: 1) after-school programs for high school students, using industry and interest driven PBL projects; 2) career and college readiness workshops; 3) summer learning experiences including industry internships; 4) high school teacher summer workshops using the PBL curriculum and hands-on kits developed in ETC; 5) manufacturing career pathway experiences for career counselors, STEM high school teachers and parents; and 6) participation in Mini Maker Faires. Diversity is a core goal of ETC, directly impacting approximately 240 inner-city/under-represented high school students and 75 high school teachers. Through teacher professional development workshops, another 7500 students are indirectly impacted (~100 students per teacher). ETC will contribute to preparation of students for continuing their career pathway in manufacturing technology through credit certificates and degrees at partner community colleges and universities; and for high-tech jobs in the advanced manufacturing workforce. Project evaluation efforts will contribute to the general knowledge base regarding the attributes and practices of successful after school and summer programs for secondary school students, as well as associated professional development for teachers, that are carried out in collaboration with community college faculty and industry mentors.

工程技术挑战（ETC）计划是康涅狄格州社区学院，三所市中心高中，工业，康涅狄格州工商业协会（CBIA）和催化剂推动教育绩效（CPEP公司）之间的合作。让来自城市综合高中的代表性不足的学生参加周六和暑期的制造技术课程。该计划将创建高中生团队，由社区大学学生，教师和行业专业人士在行业驱动的基于问题的学习（PBL）项目中指导，包括专业技能和团队合作的整合。具体而言，ETC计划将开发和实施：1）高中生课后计划，使用行业和兴趣驱动的PBL项目; 2）职业和大学准备讲习班; 3）夏季学习经验，包括行业实习; 4）高中教师夏季讲习班，使用PBL课程和ETC开发的实践工具包; 5）为职业顾问，STEM高中教师和家长提供制造职业途径体验;以及6）参与Mini Maker Faires。多样性是ETC的核心目标，直接影响到大约240名市中心/代表性不足的高中学生和75名高中教师。通过教师专业发展讲习班，另有7 500名学生受到间接影响（每名教师约100名学生）。ETC将有助于学生通过合作伙伴社区学院和大学的信用证书和学位继续他们在制造技术方面的职业道路;以及先进制造业劳动力的高科技工作。项目评估工作将有助于关于成功的中学生课后和暑期课程的属性和实践的一般知识基础，以及与社区学院教师和行业导师合作开展的教师相关专业发展。