Work in progress - a framework for developing courses on technology and engineering for all students

Krupczak, John; Simpson, Timothy W.; Bertsch, Vince; Disney, Kate; Garmire, E.

doi:10.1109/fie.2008.4720437

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“…The framework shown in Figures 1 and 2 could serve as an organizational infrastructure for a web-based repository of shared course materials. The long-range goal of this work is to populate all cells of this framework with publicly available materials 54 . These materials will then be accessed from the web and used by instructors to develop curriculum for new courses in technological literacy.…”

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Engineering Courses For Non Engineers.

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2009 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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The National Academy of Engineering advocates that all Americans should know more about engineering and technology. Some engineering departments are beginning to offer courses specifically for non-engineering students. Although common practice among many STEM departments, teaching service courses is a new development for engineering programs. To create a population with a more empowered relationship with technology, a significant and extensive initiative by engineers will be needed. Curricula and course materials that can be adopted in diverse and varied institutional environments will be essential to this effort. The National Academy of Engineering in two reports: Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More about Technology (2002), and Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy (2006), describe and define characteristics of a technologically literate citizen. Technological literacy implies understanding of all of the diverse technological products produced by engineering, not just computers and information technology. The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored a working group led by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Technological Literacy Constituent Committee to develop standardized and readily adoptable undergraduate engineering courses for non-engineers. This group reviewed courses already being offered for non-engineers and developed four models to serve as potential templates or standard course models. A framework was established for specific course outlines consistent with the content areas established by the NAE in Tech Tally of: technology and society, design, products and systems, and technology core concepts and the ITEA technology topic areas. To satisfy the diverse requirements of curriculum committees on varied campuses, the framework offers faculty flexibility in planning courses within each proposed model while still accomplishing the goals of the standards.

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Work in progress - a framework for developing courses on technology and engineering for all students

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Engineering Courses For Non Engineers.

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