Work in progress - national center for engineering and technology education

Author

Becker, Kurt ; Hailey, Christine ; Thomas, Maurice

Author_Institution

Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2004

Abstract

The National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) links technology educators with engineering educators in a symbiotic alliance to build capacity for research, nurture a cadre of talented, diverse leaders in engineering and technology education and infuses engineering design and analytical skills into K-12 schools. NCETE recently received funding from National Science Foundation as one of the 17 Centers for Teaching and Learning in the country. NCETE addresses an important niche in the overall portfolio for the NSF-funded Centers for learning and teaching program as the only center addressing technology and engineering education. This powerful combination of research, graduate education, and professional development could be applied to many levels. We have chosen to focus on grades 9 to 12.

Keywords

engineering education; teaching; K-12 schools; NSF-funded Centers; National Center for Engineering and Technology Education; National Science Foundation; engineering design; learning program; professional development; teaching program; technology education; technology educators; Collaboration; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Power engineering and energy; Space technology; Standards publication; Symbiosis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8552-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2004.1408718

Filename

1408718