'Teaching tools for teachers'-an engineering design project to enhance science and mathematics education for middle/high school students

摘要

With the approach of the new millennium and the emergence of the global market, significant restructuring of university education in general, and science and engineering education in particular, is taking place with the objective of preparing the students for the new social and economic order. The economic order. The paradigm shift and emerging trends in engineering education demand a holistic integration of "soft" and "technical" skills. There is also an emphasis on "educational outcomes" as evidenced by student design projects and other outcome evaluation criterial. "Service-Learning", an approach that endeavors to integrate "community service" and "student learning" has found wide acceptance in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Implemented in a novel and creative fashion, it may well provide an effective pedagogical tool consistent with the new paradigm of engineering education.