• DocumentCode
    351369
  • Title

    WISE Investments: collaborators and outcomes of a successful teacher-training project

  • Author

    Blaisde, Stephanie ; Anderson-Rowland, Mary ; White, Mary AEetu ; Mowzoon, May

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    10-13 Nov. 1999
  • Abstract
    This presentation serves to highlight a recent project within the Women in Applied Science and Engineering (WISE) Program at Arizona State University (USA), WISE Investments. Originally an Eisenhower-funded pilot program, WISE Investments (WI) is now a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation. The paper focuses on the collaborative nature of the pilot project, and provides some of the outcomes of the project.
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; gender issues; project engineering; teacher training; teaching; National Science Foundation; USA; WISE Investments; Women in Applied Science and Engineering; collaborative pilot project; education programmes; teacher-training project; three-year project; Collaboration; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Feedback; Investments;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5643-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1999.839108
  • Filename
    839108