Engineering Concepts for the High School Classroom

来自全国各地的24名高中科学(生物、化学和物理)和数学教师将参加为期七天的研讨会。教师将亲身体验一种不同寻常的系统教学策略，它采用了开放式问题解决技术。在最初的三天里，参与者以四人一组的跨学科团队工作，设计出一种产品，以解决指定领域的问题或需求，例如安全或节能。研讨会鼓励与会者在公司开发解决方案时呼吁他们，并鼓励他们考虑如何利用现有的行业利益和人才。此外，在提交给评审委员会的演示文稿中还发现了对团队解决问题的关键测试。研讨会的后半部分参与者与来自同一学科的其他教师组成团队。任务也是解决问题，教师们致力于开发课程模块，用于高中课堂，其中包括他们所学到的解决问题的技巧。每位参加研修班的教师在参加工作坊后的一年内，将至少在自己所在的地区进行一次在职培训。该项目为期四年，由前一年的四名教师返回车间担任“大师教师”。这些助教将编写一本手册，供今后的讲习班分发和使用。成本分摊为4%。

A seven day workshop is proposed for 24 high school science (biology, chemistry and physics) and mathematics teachers from across the nation. The teachers will experience first hand an unusual systematic instructional strategy which employs open ended problem solving techniques. During the first three days the participants work in interdisciplinary teams of four to devise a product that addresses a problem or need in an assigned field e.g safety or energy conservation. Workshop participants are encouraged to call upon companies as they develop their solution and are encouraged to consider how to capitalize on the industrial interests and talent available. In addition a key test of a team's solution to a problem is found in the presentation to a review board. The second half of the workshop participants are teamed with other teachers from the same discipline. The task is again problem solving with teachers working to develop curricular modules for use in their high school classrooms which incorporate the problem solving techniques they have learned. Each teacher who participates will present at least one in- service program in their home district during the year following their participation in the workshop. The program is for four years with four teachers from the previous year returning to the workshop to serve as "master teachers". These teaching assistants will develop a manual for dissemination and use in future workshops. Cost sharing is 4%.