Conference on Literacies in Engineering for Access and Participation

扫盲促进工程教育和参与会议（LEAP）将召集来自工程教育、扫盲教育、公平和其他利益攸关方领域的研究人员和教师，以制定研究议程，并收集与非正式和正式学习环境中的扫盲考虑因素有关的资源。与会者将了解影响学生学习的工程和扫盲观点，特别强调多语种学生和更多样化的学生群体参与工程。会议活动将侧重于四个主题：（1）扩大参与的工程和扫盲教育;（2）K-16环境中的工程扫盲;（3）非正式环境中的工程扫盲;（4）为学生的工作做好准备。会议将与工程教育，科学教育，扫盲教育的一系列受众分享研究结果，并包括学校，教师和非正式学习环境的资源共享。该项目将推进学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划的努力，以更好地理解和促进提高学生在科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）领域追求职业生涯的动机和能力的做法。会议的成果包括研究的新方向，扩大正式和非正式环境参与的广泛教学策略，有关影响扩大工程劳动力和跨学科伙伴关系参与的可能性的教学和学习的系统和社会因素的知识。该项目确定了来自工程、工程教育、扫盲教育、多文化教育、双语教育和其他学科的参与者，以便为制定研究议程和审查这一领域的理论提供信息。

The Literacy for Engineering Access and Participation Conference (LEAP) would convene researchers and teachers from the engineering education, literacy education, equity and other stakeholder areas to establish a research agenda and gather resources related to the literacy considerations for informal and formal learning settings. The conference participants will learn about engineering and literacy perspectives that impact students' learning with a particular emphasis on multi-lingual students and engaging a more diverse student population in engineering. The conference activity will focus on four themes: (1) engineering and literacy education for broadening participation; (2) engineering literacies in K-16 settings; (3) engineering literacies in informal settings; and (4) preparing students for the workplace. The conference will share findings with a range of audiences in engineering education, science education, literacy education and includes the sharing of resources for schools, teachers, and informal learning settings. This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The outcomes for the conference include new direction for research, expansive instructional strategies for broadening participation in formal and informal settings, knowledge about the systemic and social factors of teaching and learning that affect possibilities for broadening participation in the engineering workforce and interdisciplinary partnerships. The project has identified participants from engineering, engineering education, literacy education, multicultural education, bilingual education and other disciplines in order to inform the creation of the research agenda and examination of theory in this area.