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We are going to spend approximately 14 hours together online in order to accomplish the objectives listed below. We had decided to meet online for 14 hours in order to minimize the amount of class time that you have to miss due to professional development.
Online Goals
The NCETE professional development sequence has been developed to enable high school teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to:
1. Increase their subject matter knowledge in engineering design and strengthen their mastery of pedagogical content knowledge related to the infusion of design experiences into their courses;
2. Apply principles and practices of engineering design as they work individually and in small groups to develop solutions to technical problems;
5. Identify and select design challenges and instructional materials that will motivate and enable their students to move efficiently through learning progressions in engineering design;How the Online Professional Development Process Works
It will be very refreshing to have more time with you online before we
meet in person again in the summer. In our three workshops so far on
campus, we spent 21 hours attending to our professional development
effort. Now we have 14 hours (counting your preparation time including
things like readings) to interact online in order to qualify for our
stipends.
Therefore, please abide by the basic schedule below in order to be a
responsive participate like you commited to in the beginning of this
effort in March.
To interact successfully, you will want to:
Scan the soon to be launched support website as needed for reference.
Complete the limited reading assignments.
React to each discussion posted by myself, Vincent Childress, or other
PD providers like Dr. Rhodes, Dr. Abul-Fadl, or Dr. Tankersley.
React to postings that are of interest to you that are posted by your
fellow PD participants.
Check your email every other day for new postings.
Check and react to postings a couple of times a week at the Yahoo
Groups site (weekly at a minimum).
Approximate Schedule
Week 1 = May 19 - 23: about 4 hours related to Engineering Design.
The goal: Increasing teachers' subject matter knowledge...
Week 2 = May 27 - 30: about 2 hours related to completing your
engineering notebooks from the Food for the World Challenge.
The goal: Applying principles of engineering design...
Week 3 = June 2 - 6: about 4 hours related to Instructional Design.
The goal: Increasing teachers' pedagogy-content knowledge...
Week 4 = June 9 - 13: about 4 hours related to identifying existing
units in your own curriculum that would be suitable for infusing
engineering design.
The goal: Identify and select design challenges and instructional
materials...in engineering design.
Readings
Holtzapple, M. T., & Reese, W. D. (2005). Concepts in engineering. Boston: McGraw-Hill. [ISBN 0-07-282199-X] Read primarily Chapter 5. This book will be mailed to you if it was not provided in professional development on campus. Even though there are references to it in the text below, you can still benefit from the text here without the book until you get it. If you have not yet been issued a book, it will be mailed to you soon.
Frye, E. (1997). Engineering problem solving for mathematics, science, and technology education. Hanover, NH: Trustees of Dartmouth College. Retrieved November 12, 2007 from: http://thayer.dartmouth.edu/teps/book.html
Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2004). Understanding by design: Professional development workbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Childress, V. W., & Rhodes, C. (2007). Engineering student outcomes for infusion into technological literacy programs: Grades 9 - 12. Final report. Available: http://www.ncat.edu/~childres/techedoutcomesfinalreport.pdf.
Return to the top of this page. Click on the Discussion Group to learn how to sign up for our Yahoo Group if you have not already signed up. Then click on the Engineering Design link.
Professors Vincent Childress, Craig Rhodes, Barbara Tankersley, and Ali Abul-Fadl
Teachers working on engineering design challenges.
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Last Updated: 8-20-08