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Discover the importance of integrating engineering and technology into K-12 education. This comprehensive guide highlights the benefits, such as improved learning outcomes in science and mathematics, increased interest in engineering careers, and enhanced technological literacy. It discusses the Engineering Design Process and offers recommendations for educators, including curriculum development and instructional material guidelines. Explore current standards and initiatives aimed at promoting engineering in classrooms, along with resources to support effective teaching practices.
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National Center for Technological Literacy Museum of Science, Boston Patti Curtis curtisp@mos.org The instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown are not an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.
Definitions: Technology: Anything human-made or used to solve a problem or fulfill a desire. Technology can be an object, a system, or a process. Engineering: A problem-solving process called the Engineering Design Process Designing under constraint
NAE: K-12 Engineeringhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12635 Potential Benefits: • improved learning & achievement in science & mathematics; • increased awareness of engineering ; • ability to engage in engineering design; • interest in engineering as a career; and, • increased technological literacy - the ability to use technology Recommendation: • more research needed
NAE: K-12 Engineering Standards?http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12990 • limited experience , not enough teachers • significant barriers to new stand-alone standards Alternatives: • infuse INTO existing or revised standards • map big ideas in engineering ONTO existing subjects Recommendations: • develop core ideas, guidelines for instructional materials • large scale survey of K-12 engineering • cognitive research on engineering concepts States with Engineering in Science Standards: • MA, TN, IN, NH, RI, OR, WA, …
Next Generation Science Standardswww7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html • National Research Council developing Framework • Achieve to develop standards • Funded by Carnegie Corporation • includes Engineering practices
Engineering Education for Innovation Act (E2 bill) • To support efforts to integrate engineering education into K–12 classrooms and to fund evaluation research of same • Planning Grants • Implementation Grants • Evaluation Grants via IES • Sponsors: Rep. Tonko & Sen. Gillibrand
Engineering is Elementarywww.mos.org/eie Lesson 1: Engineering Story Lesson 2: Broader View of Engineering Lesson 3: Scientific Experiment, Data Lesson 4: Engineering Design Challenge
Building Math – Middle Schoolwww.walch.com/product/2137 Integrate engineering & algebra 3 units - grades 6, 7, 8 3 design challenges, 2 weeks each
Student-friendly First-person stories from a diverse cadre of engineers and technicians Engineering, science, and math concepts embedded in real case studies Engineering the Futurewww.keypress.com/etf
Resources National Center for Technological Literacy E-News www.mos.org/nctl Technology & Engineering Curricula (standards-based, teacher-reviewed) www.mos.org/tec Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER) http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpeer Learning Science in Informal Environments http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12190 NCTL T&E Rationale Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B-g1_6QCWU&feature=related