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A considerable number of academic institutions are teaching technological literacy classes to non-technical and non-engineering students. In particular, a class based upon "How things work?" seems to be attracting many technological literacy educators. The purpose of such a class is to address the "how-to" of everyday technology and gadgets of interest to the students. In addition...
This paper is a call to action about what you as a practicing engineer can do to help to change this dire situation. First, we will look at engineering career trends worldwide and try to understand what they mean. We will explore what school-aged students are hearing, or, more often, not hearing, about engineering. We will then examine the large disconnect between these messages and what kids value...
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