A Blueprint for Communicating Science, Engineering, and Technology Topics to Broad Audiences through Entertainment Media

这个工程教育研究项目将资助一个研讨会，将娱乐和媒体行业的个人与工程研究人员聚集在一起，就如何利用公共服务信息教育美国人科学，技术，工程和数学教育制定战略;特别关注工程。 研讨会的组织者之前在使用媒体传播健康信息方面拥有丰富的经验，预计本次研讨会可以概述如何采取类似的策略来解决STEM教育中的系统性问题。 该项目更广泛的意义和重要性将是利用现有媒体更广泛地让美国人口了解更多精通工程的公民的机会和需求。 鉴于人们关注技术创新对未来社会需求的重要性，让更多的人了解工程的长期利益或他们自己追求工程职业可能会产生重大的积极影响。 该项目与NSF的战略目标重叠，即通过准备一支具有新能力和专业知识的工程队伍来改变前沿。 此外，NSF为社会创新的目标是通过建设国家公民通过工程解决社会挑战的能力来实现的。

This engineering education research project will fund a workshop to bring together individuals from the entertainment and media industries with engineering researchers to strategize about how to utilize public service messages to education Americans about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; focusing particularly on engineering. The organizers of the workshop have prior experience in using media for health messaging, and it is anticipated that this workshop can outline how to adopt a similar strategy to address systemic issues in STEM education. The broader significance and importance of this project will be to leverage existing media to more broadly engage the United States population on the opportunities in, and need for, more engineering-savvy citizens. Given the focus on the importance of technical innovation for future societal needs, informing a larger portion of the population about the long-term benefits of engineering or themselves pursuing engineering careers can have a significant positive impact. This project overlaps with NSF's strategic goals of transforming the frontiers through preparation of an engineering workforce with new capabilities and expertise. Additionally NSF's goal of innovating for society is enabled by building the capacity of the nation's citizenry for addressing societal challenges through engineering.