• DocumentCode
    3598690
  • Title

    Fostering educational innovation at the level of individual professionals in K-12: a case study

  • Author

    Muller, Carol Blue ; Carlsen, William S.

  • Author_Institution
    Project for Teaching Eng. Problem Solving, Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    521
  • Abstract
    Many recent programs have tackled the challenge of reforming American precollege science and mathematics education. What makes some of these initiatives more effective and successful than others? This paper offers a case study of one reform effort which sponsors an annual summer short course to introduce high school science and math teachers to engineering problem solving. The paper focuses on the impact of the program in teachers´ classrooms and discusses some program characteristics which have contributed to its success
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; teaching; case study; classrooms; educational innovation; engineering education courses; engineering problem solving; precollege education; reform effort; summer short course; Collaborative work; Computer aided software engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; History; Mathematics; Monitoring; Problem-solving; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4086-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.1997.644939
  • Filename
    644939