Formative Evaluation of a Professional Development Program for High School Teachers Infusing Engineering Design into the Classroom

摘要

Engineering as a recognized elementary and secondary school subject within the United States has recently received attention from the science, technology education and engineering communities. Benchmarks for Science Literacy includes "the designed world" as a standard. Engineering design is directly addressed by four of the 20 Standards for Technological Literacy. The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has launched a large K-12 effort to make engineering concepts more accessible to teachers, students and parents [http://www.engineering12.org]. The establishment of the K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division of ASEE in 2004 was a significant event in the development of engineering as a subject for K-12.