A Participatory Investigation of Learning in International Service Projects

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这工程教育研究奖伊利诺伊大学香槟分校将雇用人员调查的学习机制和福利工程教育受欢迎,迅速扩大国际服务学习项目。这些项目被认为能够培养出美国国家工程院和工程教育认证委员会认为必不可少的未来工程师的许多能力。这项研究的结果将有助于开发和传播以研究为基础的教育材料，为工程师提供以项目为中心的服务学习经验。它还将导致发现将课程合作国际项目工作的关键特征纳入教学和课程改革主流的模式和教学方法。国际项目可能是为专业实践提供准备的有力手段，在适用于国内和国际工程项目的有意义的背景下发展知识和能力。这些能力的获得将使工科学生更好地为参与更具全球竞争力的劳动力做好准备。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This engineering education research award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will employ researchers to investigate the learning mechanisms and benefits to engineering education of popular and rapidly expanding international service learning projects. These projects are believed to elicit many of the competencies for future engineers described as essential by the National Academy of Engineering and engineering education accreditation boards. The results of this research will enable the development and dissemination of research-based educational materials for project-centered service-learning experiences for engineers. It will also lead to the discovery of models and pedagogical approaches for incorporating key features of co-curricular international project work into the mainstream of instruction and curriculum reform. International projects may be a powerful means to provide preparation for professional practice, developing knowledge and competencies in meaningful contexts that are applicable for both domestic and international engineering projects. The acquisition of these competencies will better prepare engineering students to participate in a more globally competitive workforce.