Technological Education for the Rural Community (TERC)

霍普金斯维尔社区学院服务于肯塔基州南部和北方田纳西州的一个农村，五个县的地区，是70多家制造公司的所在地，这些公司一直难以雇用合格的员工来填补技术相关的职位。农村社区技术教育项目正在为社区学院一级的技术教育开发创新的教育途径，以影响农村社区技术领域的就业能力。TERC利用便携式，个性化的教学方法，以解决已确定的障碍，包括不灵活的工作时间表，高中和大学之间的时间延长，以及不良的学术准备。特别是，访问问题和低数学理解正在解决利用混合交付系统和情境化的数学和工程课程。该混合计划采用基于问题的学习（PBL），以行业设计的课程标准为中心，使课程与高技术工作场所相关。该项目为那些工作而不能参加传统大学课程的学生使用了一种融合的交付模式。教学内容通过互联网提供，并在便携式媒体上预装内容。实验室工作是通过在开放的实验室环境中一对一的指导，通过项目开发的动手应用程序和模型。TERC在区域商业和职业博览会上对代表性不足的群体和农村学生进行有针对性的营销，突出学生的成功。项目评价和评估活动正在收集关于将情境化数学作为改善农村和代表性不足的学生进入初级制造业工作的途径的一种手段的数据。混合授课模式的使用情况是通过比较传统课程和混合课程的学生人数，以及比较保留率和学生的看法来衡量的。

Hopkinsville Community College serves a rural, five-county region in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee that is home to over 70 manufacturing companies that consistently have difficulty hiring qualified employees to fill technology related positions. The Technological Education for the Rural Community (TERC) project is developing innovative educational pathways for technological education at the community college level to influence employability in technical fields within the rural community. TERC utilizes portable, personalized instructional methods to address identified barriers including inflexible work schedules, extended time between high school and college, and poor academic preparation. In particular, access issues and low mathematics comprehension are being addressed by utilizing hybrid delivery systems and contextualized mathematics and engineering coursework. The hybrid program incorporates problem based learning (PBL) centered on industry designed curriculum standards making coursework relevant to the highly technical workplace. The project uses a fusion of delivery models for students who work and cannot attend traditional college classes. Didactic content is being delivered via the Internet and preloaded content on portable media. Lab work is facilitated through one-on-one instruction in an open lab environment with hands-on applications and models developed through the project. TERC uses targeted marketing for underrepresented groups and the rural student at regional business and career fairs highlighting student successes. Project evaluation and assessment activities are collecting data on the incorporation of contextualized mathematics as a means of improving the pathway for rural and underrepresented students into entry level manufacturing jobs. The use of a hybrid delivery model is being measured by both comparing the students enrolled in a traditional course with those enrolled in the hybrid sections, and by comparing retention and student perceptions.