Deans of engineering and deans of education: best practices in collaborations on campus

摘要

The need for a technologically literate citizenry is increasing with the rapid innovations occurring in technology. Pre-college schools and districts are not able to stay abreast of these innovations. Working together, university engineering schools and education schools are in a position to impact the level of technological literacy among pre-college students and current and future teachers and engineers. This paper showcases outreach program resulting. from on-campus collaborations that impact the pre-college community. The authors describe these and discuss how they overcame the barriers and constraints that arise when any new program is undertaken. They offer guidance on how schools of engineering and education can work collaboratively to increase the level of technological literacy among the pre-college community.