Standards for K-12 engineering education? / Committee on Standards for K-12 Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Engineering. Committee on Standards for K-12 Engineering Education.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.

Engineering.

Engineering--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The goal of this study was to assess the value and feasibility of developing and implementing content standards for engineering education at the K-12 level. Content standards have been developed for three disciplines in STEM education--science, technology, and mathematic--but not for engineering. To date, a small but growing number of K-12 students are being exposed to engineering-related materials, and limited but intriguing evidence suggests that engineering education can stimulate interest and improve learning in mathematics and science as well as improve understanding of engineering and technology. Given this background, a reasonable question is whether standards would improve the quality and increase the amount of teaching and learning of engineering in K-12 education. The book concludes that, although it is theoretically possible to develop standards for K-12 engineering education, it would be extremely difficult to ensure their usefulness and effective implementation. This conclusion is supported by the following findings: (1) there is relatively limited experience with K-12 engineering education in U.S. elementary and secondary schools, (2) there is not at present a critical mass of teachers qualified to deliver engineering instruction, (3) evidence regarding the impact of standards-based educational reforms on student learning in other subjects, such as mathematics and science, is inconclusive, and (4) there are significant barriers to introducing stand-alone standards for an entirely new content area in a curriculum already burdened with learning goals in more established domains of study."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Arguments For and Against Content Standards for K-12 Engineering Education""; ""3 Leveraging Existing Standards to Improve K-12 Engineering Education""; ""4 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix B: Commissioned Papers""; ""Appendix C: Workshop on Standards for K-12 Engineering Education""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612885761

9780309162319

0309162319

9781282885769

1282885766

9780309160162

0309160162

OCLC:

817955755