Project UPDATE (Upgrading Practice through Design and Technology/Engineering Education)

项目更新（通过设计和技术/工程教育提升实践）将开发K-8课程材料，使用设计、技术和解决问题的方法来教授综合数学、科学和技术。该计划将为教师、学生和实践者提供12套课程，作为(a)创新教学和(b)由科学、数学、工程、设计和技术领域的教师和实践者组成的合作团队进一步开发课程的典范，对教师、学生和实践者产生广泛的影响。其他教师的在职培训将通过参加的教师培训机构在区域内展开，作为全国传播和培训的初步步骤。这些模型和材料将主要通过德雷塞尔大学出版的教师免费期刊《TIES杂志》在全国传播。“更新项目”的课程材料将支持一项改善数学、科学和技术教育的国家承诺，让学生在继续学有所用的同时，参与使用、讨论、评估和重建所学知识。

Project UPDATE (Upgrading Practice through Design and Technology/Engineering Education) will develop K-8 curriculum materials for teaching integrative mathematics, science and technology using a design, technology and problem-solving approach. The project will have widespread impact on teachers, students and practitioners by providing twelve curriculum packages as models for (a) innovative instruction and (b) further curriculum development efforts of collaborative teams of teachers and practitioners from science, mathematics, engineering, design and technology. The inservice training of other teachers will be initiated regionally through participating teacher-training institutions as an initial step for national dissemination and training. National dissemination of the models and materials will be accomplished mainly through TIES Magazine, a free periodical for teachers published by Drexel University. The curriculum materials from Project UPDATE will support a national commitment to improve education in mathematics, science and technology by engaging students in using, discussing, assessing and reconstructing what they have learned as they continue to put their knowledge to work.