Developing a National Framework for Recognition of Engineering and Engineering Technology Faculty Instructional Excellence

制定国家工程和工程技术教师卓越教学认可框架

• 批准号: 2044199
• 负责人: Donald Visco
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: American Society For Engineering Education
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2044199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; National; Framework; Recognition; Engineering

This project aims to serve the national interest by recognizing and highlighting undergraduate teaching excellence in the fields of engineering and engineering technology (EET). There have been calls for more than 100 years for faculty members in these fields to receive ongoing training in how best to teach their students. However, for a variety of reasons, there have been relatively few attempts to answer this call within the US. There are isolated opportunities for training through a variety of organizations or through campus-level efforts, but none is close to rising to a national-level response. When students are not taught and do not learn in an effective and efficient manner, some choose to leave EET altogether during college, while others may be less well-prepared for their initial employment. What is needed, therefore, is a national effort to create a framework that helps EET faculty in the US identify and receive recognition for training that helps them continually improve their teaching. Through this project, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will undertake the development of a framework for national recognition of faculty professional development within EET in the US. This effort to establish a cadre of effective EET faculty across the nation seeks a long-term outcome to increase the retention rate of students within EET and to provide better-prepared technical workers for industry.This work focuses on the development of a framework for national peer-recognition of training and continuing professional development of EET instructors. The goal is to increase the value of these efforts by extending the definition of professionalism to include EET education faculty activities. The current effort will be informed by the literature and utilize a theory of action proposed by Kotter and co-workers. The main efforts within this proposal will be to develop a national framework for EET faculty recognition of teaching that will focus on levels of attainment and proposed activities to meet these levels. Input from a variety of constituencies (administrators, faculty and content developers) within ASEE will be sought via focus groups and surveys to inform the proposed framework and associated activities. The results of this proposal will help to formulate the next steps to engage with constituencies outside of ASEE. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Institutional and Community Transformation track, the program supports efforts to transform and improve STEM education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在通过承认和突出工程和工程技术（EET）领域的本科教学卓越服务于国家利益。100多年来，一直有人呼吁这些领域的教师接受持续的培训，以了解如何最好地教他们的学生。然而，由于各种原因，在美国国内回应这一呼吁的尝试相对较少。通过各种组织或通过校园一级的努力，有一些孤立的培训机会，但没有一个接近于上升到国家一级的反应。当学生没有被教导，没有以有效和高效的方式学习时，有些人选择在大学期间完全离开EET，而另一些人则可能对他们最初的就业准备不足。因此，我们需要的是一个全国性的努力，以创建一个框架，帮助EET教师在美国识别和接受培训，帮助他们不断提高他们的教学认可。通过这个项目，美国工程教育协会（ASEE）将承担在美国EET内教师专业发展的国家认可框架的发展。在全国范围内建立一支有效的EET教师队伍的努力寻求一个长期的结果，以提高EET学生的留存率，并为工业提供准备更好的技术工人，这项工作的重点是制定一个全国同行认可的EET教师培训和持续专业发展框架。我们的目标是通过扩大专业的定义，包括EET教育教师的活动，以增加这些努力的价值。目前的努力将通知的文献，并利用Kotter和同事提出的行动理论。 该提案的主要工作是制定一个国家框架，以表彰EET教师的教学，重点是实现水平和拟议的活动，以满足这些水平。将通过焦点小组和调查征求ASEE内各种支持者（管理员、教师和内容开发人员）的意见，以为拟议的框架和相关活动提供信息。该提案的结果将有助于制定与亚欧会议以外的支持者接触的下一步措施。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过机构和社区转型的轨道，该计划支持的努力，以改变和改善高等教育机构和学科社区的STEM教育.这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估支持.