Building an Engineering Education Partnership

建议没有。： 0230625首席研究员：Ellis， glenn机构名称：Smith college职称：建立工程教育伙伴关系史密斯学院工程教育桥梁提案，NSF-02-092史密斯学院Picker工程项目，教育和儿童研究部门以及教育推广办公室建议建立他们已经建立的创新伙伴关系，以提高preK-16工程教育的质量并扩大其范围。第一个目标是通过a)开发技术/工程认证项目，b)设计小学工程教育证书项目，将工程融入史密斯教育和儿童研究部门的项目中。第二个目标是通过扩大专业教育工作者在课程开发过程中的作用，在Picker工程项目中发展最佳教育实践。第三个目标是通过开发工程教育教师资源和扩大教师的工程教育课程，加强史密斯学院的工程教育推广。这些目标响应了国家对科学教育改革（preK-12）和将工程教育纳入preK-12课程的呼吁；对高等院校工程教育改革的呼唤我们迫切需要在科学、工程和技术领域招募和留住女性和代表性不足的少数族裔劳动力。

PROPOSAL NO.: 0230625PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Ellis, GlennINSTITUTION NAME: Smith CollegeTITLE: Building an Engineering Education PartnershipABSTRACTBuilding an Engineering and Education PartnershipSmith College Proposal to Bridges for Engineering Education, NSF-02-092 The Smith College Picker Engineering Program, Department of Education and Child Study, and Office of Educational Outreach propose to build upon an innovative partnership they have already established to enhance the quality and expand the reach of engineering education preK-16. The first goal is to integrate engineering into the Smith Department of Education and Child Study program by a) developing a certification program in technology/engineering, and b) designing a certificate program for elementary school engineering education. The second goal is to develop best educational practices in the Picker Engineering Program by expanding the role of an expert educator in the curriculum development process. The third goal is to enhance engineering educational outreach at Smith College by developing engineering education teacher resources and by expanding the engineering education course for teachers. These goals respond to national calls for science education reform (preK-12) and for the integrating engineering education into the preK-12 curriculum; to the call for engineering education reform at the college and university level; and, to the grave need to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minorities in science, engineering, and technology fields in our nation's workforce.