U.S.-Australia Planning Visit: Engineering and Technology Education

该奖项支持计划访问犹他州立大学的爱德华·里夫教授与澳大利亚格里菲斯大学的霍华德·米德尔顿教授会面。这次访问将有助于在新兴的工程和技术教育领域制定一项详细的国际合作研究和教育计划。技术教育是人们关注的一个促进技术素养的领域。工程技术教育是一个新的领域，它结合了技术教育和工程学科，希望开发工程前课程和课程，帮助学生在工程、科学或与技术相关的领域选择职业。这一主题不仅对促进普通民众的技术素养具有重大意义，而且对鼓励K-12年级的学生在技术领域追求职业也具有重大意义。通过利用两所学校的智力和财政资源，拟议中的访问产生的独特合作有可能对该领域的未来发展产生重大影响。犹他州立大学和格里菲斯的教职员工之间有足够的利益重叠，表明他们可以成功地开展拟议的活动，这种互动将使双方受益。此外，犹他州立大学国家工程技术教育中心(NCETE)的四名美国研究生的拟议参与将使这些(职业生涯早期)研究人员获得宝贵的国际视角和洞察力。这些学生还将与格里菲斯大学的研究人员一起讨论未来的合作活动。会议的信息和演示文稿将在NCETE网站上公布。此外，有关行动计划的资料将张贴在工程及科技教育署的网站上。

0703976ReeveThis award supports a planning visit to enable Professor Edward Reeve at Utah State University to meet with Professor Howard Middleton at Griffith University in Australia. The visit will help develop a detailed international collaborative research and education plan in the emerging area of engineering and technology education. Technology education is a field in which the people involved are focused on promoting technology literacy. Engineering and technology education is a new field which combines the disciplines of technology education and engineering in hopes of developing pre-engineering programs and curricula that will help students to choose careers in engineering, science or technology related fields. This topic is of significant interest to the U.S. not only in promoting technology literacy of the general population, but also in encouraging students in K-12 to pursue careers in technological areas. By leveraging the intellectual and financial resources at both institutions, the unique collaboration that emanates from the proposed visit has the potential of producing a significant impact on future development in this field.There is sufficient overlap of interests between faculty at Utah State and Griffith to indicate that they can successfully pursue the activities proposed, and that the interaction will benefit both sides. In addition, the proposed involvement of four US graduate students at Utah State University's National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) will enable these (early-career) researchers to gain valuable international perspective and insight. These students will also participate in discussion on future collaborative activities with researchers at Griffith University. Information and presentations from the meetings will be posted on the NCETE website. Additionally, information on a plan of action will be posted on the Engineering and Technology Education Department's website.