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K-12 Engineering Subcommittee May 12, 2005 Update

K-12 Engineering Subcommittee May 12, 2005 Update. Subcommittee Members. Janie Fouke – Michigan State University Pat Galloway – Nielsen-Wurster Grp/ASCE Gary May – GA Inst. of Technology Susan Metz – Stevens Inst. Technology Rick Miller – Olin College of Engineering

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K-12 Engineering Subcommittee May 12, 2005 Update

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  1. K-12 Engineering Subcommittee May 12, 2005 Update

  2. Subcommittee Members • Janie Fouke – Michigan State University • Pat Galloway – Nielsen-Wurster Grp/ASCE • Gary May – GA Inst. of Technology • Susan Metz – Stevens Inst. Technology • Rick Miller – Olin College of Engineering • Jackie Sullivan – Univ. Colorado Boulder • Assisted by NSF Staff: • Sue Kemnitzer • Mary Poats

  3. The Motivation… • Science and math performance of our nation’s youth • Flat — and declining — engineering enrollments • Women & minority students conspicuously under-represented • Public perception of engineers / engineering/ technology sad • Preparing youth for change in a complex world

  4. Science & Engineering Degrees U.S. Asia Asia = China, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Natural science = math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, biological, and earth, atmospheric, ocean, agricultural sciences and computer sciences. Source: Science & Engineering Indicators, 2002

  5. BS EngineeringDegrees - 2003 Degrees by Ethnicity & Gender Women 20.4% African American 5.1% Hispanic 5.4% All lower than 1999! African Americans, Latinosand Native Americans comprise 30% of college-age people, and 25% of the U.S. workforce Source: ASEE PRISM, September 2004

  6. K-12 Subcommittee Charge • Summarize ENG ’00-’05 investment in K-12 engineering • Evaluate effectiveness of various NSF or ENG K-12 engineering program features • Decipher which elements show promise and may merit further investment • Ascertain initiatives that “harvest” ENG K-12 investments and trulydisseminate results

  7. K-12 Subcommittee Charge • Evaluate if NSF-funded K-12 engineering initiatives support the reality of the standards-based K-12 world • Recognizing the K-Grey continuum, recommend if programs should be better linked to encourage student participation

  8. K-12 Subcommittee Charge • Evaluate if smaller ERC-like programs should be developed to bridge between programs at an institution • Determine if ENG has aK-12 investment plan • If so, evaluate and react to it • Make recommendations to ENG re: K-12 investment

  9. Key K-12 Questions • Considering the challenge with engineering enrollments, should ENG respond (and not rely on EHR or Dept of Ed)? • Should ENG invest in K-12 initiatives? • If yes, designed to achieve what goals? • What can be gained by K-12 engineering initiatives when the public message about engineering is not invitingto youth?

  10. Key K-12 Questions • If ENG should invest in K-12, what % of the budget should be allocated to this priority? • Should AP engineering courses be created that focus on working togetherto create things for the benefit of society?(pedagogy is key) • Should initiatives be funded to disseminate what’s already been created?

  11. K-12 Subcommittee Plan Synthesize recommendations in these reports as they relate to K-12 engineering: • Engineer 2020 (NAE) • Assessing the Capacity of the U.S. Engineering Research Enterprise(NAE) • Innovate America: National Innovation Initiative • Strategic Directions for Engineering Research, Innovation &Education(NSF) • Extraordinary Women Engineers (ASCE) • Building Engineering and Science Talent in K-12 (BEST)

  12. K-12 Subcommittee Plan • Evaluate ENG initiatives that invest in K-12 • Effective? • Why or why not? • Worth expanding? Changing? • Focus on dissemination of what’s already been created • Be driven by realities of standards-based K-12 world • Preliminary recommendations Nov ’05; final report January 2006

  13. Summarize ENG K-12 Investment • ENG Directorate ($39M and counting): • GK-12 $11.3M (’00-’05) • RET $13.7M (incl. $2.5 M supplements; ’01-’05) • Bridges for Engineering Education $9M (’02-’04) • Nanotech Cntr for Learning & Teaching (NCLT) $5M (’04-’08) • NSDL: 8 engineering-related projects(no ENG $$ contribution to date)

  14. Creating Tomorrow’s Engineers… • The challenge is great… • …so are the opportunities!

  15. Last Thought… “It is our choices, Harry Potter, that show what we truly are,far more than our abilities.”--- Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

  16. Feedback? • Suggestions?

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  18. What Do Engineers Do? Source: Harris Poll, December 2003

  19. TeachEngineering Digital Library • Hands-on engineering curricula for grades 3-12 • Web-enabled • Standards-based • Searchable • Dynamic • Consistent look and feel • See teachengineering.com Search example: Find engineering lessons about the laws of motion that address national sciencestandard 2 for 5th grade… Engineering as a vehicle to integrate math and science through inquiry-basedK-12 curricula and hands-on activities relevant to the lives of youth

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