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We are currently engaged in a redesign of the method we use to distribute Engineering Teaching Kits (ETKs) via the Internet. This work in progress reports the results of the user-centered conceptual design phase of the project. ETKs are self-contained STEM education standards-based units that promote integrative learning about STEM via engineering design challenges. The current distribution method,...
The dominant mode for teaching engineers about design thinking is project-based learning. We give students things to design — individually or in teams, and then evaluate the products they produce. But another way to learn about engineering design is to study real-world examples. Case studies provide one way to do so. Cases have been used in schools of business for many years; the case study method...
At FIE 2002, 13 engineering educators assembled to address a variety of topics and predict the “Future of Engineering Education.” Larry Shuman organized and moderated the session [1]. Topics included the changing demographics and economics of the country, technological advances, the engineering pipeline, the state of the University and forces driving change, engineering as a liberal art, the accreditation...
This special session will introduce participants to engineering design activities that use mechanisms, devices that transform one type of motion to another, to support student learning about motion, a topic that recurs throughout K-12 science studies. The activities come from new and revised K-12 Engineering Teaching Kits (ETKs). ETKs are self-contained standards-based and project-based instructional...
The primary goals of this special session are to assist participants with developing strategies for incorporating an engineering design environment into regular pre-college (K-12 in the US) classroom routines, and to develop an engineering design approach to structuring learning activities. Our core philosophy is that the practice of engineering design reinforces and provides a method for integrating...
The annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference is now in its 44th year. From its earliest days, FIE has aimed to enhance engineering education through the latest advances in learning theory, pedagogy, and technology. We have also engaged in periodic reflection and self-examination to assess how well we have met the challenges of keeping up with advances in other fields and incorporating technological...
The primary goal of this special session is to engage participants in a dialogue regarding two skills critical to the personal and professional development of engineers, creativity and curiosity, and discuss and practice pedagogies for nurturing them in students through STEAM (STEM + art) activities. The emerging STEAM approach emphasizes a hands-on, project-based, interdisciplinary approach to the...
As a design-based profession, advances in engineering rely, in part, on the creativity of its practitioners. Therefore, it is important to explore means by which creativity, along with other critical skills, can be nurtured. As part of our research on the teachable nature of creativity, we are investigating the relationship between a person's belief that intelligence and talent are either fixed or...
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