Building Community Capacity for Integrating Engineering in Rural Middle School Science Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Grohs, J. R.; Gillen, A. L.; Matusovich, H. M.; Kirk, G. R.; Lesko, H. L.; Brantley, J.; Carrico, C.
Titel	Building Community Capacity for Integrating Engineering in Rural Middle School Science Classrooms
Quelle	In: Journal of STEM Outreach, 3 (2020) 1, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2576-6767
Schlagwörter	Capacity Building; Integrated Curriculum; Engineering Education; Science Education; Rural Schools; Middle Schools; Hands on Science; STEM Education; Community Involvement; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; STEM; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung
Abstract	Broadening participation in engineering is an important national priority and has led to increasing demands for engineering content to be integrated into traditional K-12 curriculum. However, expecting teachers to incorporate engineering into their classrooms without additional training or resources is unreasonable. Partnering teachers with industry partners is one promising way to prioritize integrated science and engineering content while also introducing youth to possible career paths. In this programmatic article, we introduce the Partnering with Educators and Engineers in Rural Schools (PEERS) project that focuses on the collaborative design, implementation, and study of recurrent hands-on engineering activities with middle school youth in three rural communities in or near Appalachia. We discuss the curricular priorities of the program as well as preliminary findings on both student-focused and capacity-building metrics across the partnerships. Key discussion points include (1) a need to distill goals for engineering outreach by wrestling with what success might really look like for middle-school youth engagement with engineering and (2) cultivating community capacity to better support education systems and the simultaneous potential for and challenges of collaborating to build such infrastructure. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01