Developing a National Framework for Recognition of Engineering and Engineering Technology Faculty Instructional Excellence

该项目旨在通过认可和突出工程和工程技术(EET)领域的本科教学优秀来服务于国家利益。100多年来，人们一直呼吁这些领域的教职员工接受持续不断的培训，如何最好地教授他们的学生。然而，由于各种原因，美国国内回应这一呼吁的尝试相对较少。通过各种组织或通过校园层面的努力提供培训的机会是孤立的，但没有一个接近于在国家层面上做出回应。当学生没有得到教育，没有以有效和高效的方式学习时，一些人选择在大学期间完全离开EET，而另一些人可能没有为他们最初的就业做好充分的准备。因此，我们需要的是一项全国性的努力，以创建一个框架，帮助美国的EET教师识别并获得对培训的认可，以帮助他们不断提高教学水平。通过这个项目，美国工程教育学会(ASEE)将负责制定一个框架，在美国EET范围内对教师专业发展进行全国性认可。这项在全国范围内建立一支有效的EET教师队伍的努力寻求一个长期的结果，以提高EET学生的保留率，并为行业提供准备更好的技术工人。这项工作的重点是建立一个全国同行认可的EET教师培训和继续专业发展的框架。目标是通过将专业精神的定义扩大到包括EET教育教员活动来增加这些努力的价值。目前的工作将从文献中获得信息，并利用科特和同事提出的行动理论。这项建议的主要努力将是为EET教师对教学的认可制定一个国家框架，该框架将侧重于达到这些水平的水平和拟议的活动。将通过焦点小组和调查征求ASEE内部不同支持者(管理人员、教师和内容开发人员)的意见，为拟议的框架和相关活动提供信息。这项提案的结果将有助于制定下一步与非ASEE成员接触的步骤。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。通过机构和社区转型轨道，该计划支持高等教育机构和学科社区转变和改进STEM教育的努力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to serve the national interest by recognizing and highlighting undergraduate teaching excellence in the fields of engineering and engineering technology (EET). There have been calls for more than 100 years for faculty members in these fields to receive ongoing training in how best to teach their students. However, for a variety of reasons, there have been relatively few attempts to answer this call within the US. There are isolated opportunities for training through a variety of organizations or through campus-level efforts, but none is close to rising to a national-level response. When students are not taught and do not learn in an effective and efficient manner, some choose to leave EET altogether during college, while others may be less well-prepared for their initial employment. What is needed, therefore, is a national effort to create a framework that helps EET faculty in the US identify and receive recognition for training that helps them continually improve their teaching. Through this project, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will undertake the development of a framework for national recognition of faculty professional development within EET in the US. This effort to establish a cadre of effective EET faculty across the nation seeks a long-term outcome to increase the retention rate of students within EET and to provide better-prepared technical workers for industry.This work focuses on the development of a framework for national peer-recognition of training and continuing professional development of EET instructors. The goal is to increase the value of these efforts by extending the definition of professionalism to include EET education faculty activities. The current effort will be informed by the literature and utilize a theory of action proposed by Kotter and co-workers. The main efforts within this proposal will be to develop a national framework for EET faculty recognition of teaching that will focus on levels of attainment and proposed activities to meet these levels. Input from a variety of constituencies (administrators, faculty and content developers) within ASEE will be sought via focus groups and surveys to inform the proposed framework and associated activities. The results of this proposal will help to formulate the next steps to engage with constituencies outside of ASEE. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Institutional and Community Transformation track, the program supports efforts to transform and improve STEM education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.