Exploring Engineering Through Project-based Experiential Learning

提案编号：0230601PRINCIPAL调查员：Patangia，Hirak项目名称：阿肯色大学小石城分校TITLE：通过基于项目的体验式学习探索工程学NSF收到日期：06/04/2002摘要该提案将建立一座桥梁，将多纳吉信息科学与系统工程学院的工程教育与位于小石城的阿肯色大学教育学院(COE)连接起来。已经提出了一系列三个主题工程课程，将工程教育带给大学预科教育工作者、教育专业的学生和高中生。这些课程将使用基于项目的体验式学习(PBEL)理念来实施，这一理念目前在新生设计体验项目中很受欢迎。拟议方法的创新之处在于，这些课程将被设计为具有智力实质的课程，根据现实世界的问题及时教授，这些课程还将满足工程/工程技术学位课程的课程要求，以确保这些课程不会起到服务性课程的作用。数学必修课将是中等水平的高中代数，课程将向任何想要探索工程学的学生开放。去年秋天在DCISSE开设的PBEL课程的成功激发了人们对这种方法的热情，认知科学家们断言，当理论理解与现实经验紧密结合时，理论想法更容易学习。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230601PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Patangia, HirakINSTITUTION NAME: University of Arkansas Little RockTITLE: Exploring Engineering Through Project-based Experiential LearningNSF RECEIVED DATE: 06/04/2002AbstractThe proposal will establish a bridge connecting engineering education in theDonaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering (DCISSE) to theCollege of Education (COE) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. A series ofthree thematic engineering courses has been proposed to bring engineering education tothe pre-college educators, education majors, and high school students. The courses willbe implemented using Project-Based Experiential Learning (PBEL) philosophy that iscurrently popular in Freshmen Design Experience Programs. The novelty of the proposed approach is that the courses will be designed to be intellectually substantive, taught on a just-in-time basis in context to a real-world problem, and the courses will also satisfy curricular requirements of engineering / engineering technology degree programs to insure that these do not function as service courses. The math prerequisites will be mid-level high school algebra, and the courses will be open to any student who wants to explore engineering. The enthusiasm for such an approach has been prompted by the success of a PBEL course that was initiated last fall in DCISSE, and cognitive scientists assertion that theoretical ideas aremuch easier to learn when the theoretical understanding is closely coupled to real-worldexperience..