Redesigning Engineering Technology Education

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-252
Author(s):  
Jack L. Waintraub
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Instructional Methodologies ◽  
Curriculum Design And Development ◽  
Advanced Technological Education

The New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education (NJCATE), is dedicated to the improvement of Engineering Technology education through: the development of innovative educational programmes, such as the Mecomtronics Engineering Technology curriculum; design and development of instructional methodologies and materials; student recruitment and retention strategies; strong partnerships among educational institutions and with industry, government and professional societies. Changes in any one facet of technician education are not sufficient to bring about the needed improvement in the preparation of a highly skilled technical workforce to meet current and future needs of industry in a highly competitive global economy NJCATE is creating systemic change by taking a holistic approach to the redesign of engineering technician education. The Center project is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education Program.

Polk State College's Engineering Technology Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 178-222
Author(s):  
Naomi Rose Boyer ◽  
Mori Toosi ◽  
Eric A. Roe ◽  
Kathy Bucklew ◽  
Orathai Northern
Keyword(s):  
Technological Education ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Technology Program ◽  
Early Exit ◽  
State College ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Associate In Science ◽  
Advanced Technological Education

This case study describes an open entry early exit (O3E) rolling enrollment program focused on untangling the web of systems, assumptions, roles, relationships, and interagency processes to address the national emphasis on affordable, compressed, and flexible degree attainment, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent gap areas. To this end, Polk State College has empowered students with an affordable, accessible option that was initiated as a result of a National Science Foundation-Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) project award. The project was designed to transition a traditional engineering technology associate in science degree program to a hybrid competency-based (CBE), modular, non-term, self-paced, learner-centered, faculty-mentored format. As a work in progress, having shifted to CBE in Fall 2014, the O3E program team has undertaken and resolved numerous challenges, many of which are still emergent, and identified significant breakthroughs to provide a catalyst to the reconceptualization of higher education.

scholarly journals Organization of the project activities of students in the framework of implementation of the subject area "technology"

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Marina Gennadievna Volchek ◽  
◽  
Roman Vladimirovich Kamenev ◽  
Dmitry Yurievich Chupin ◽  
Evgeniya Yuryevna Nikitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
School Technology ◽  
Modern School ◽  
The Subject

This article examines the development of technology education of general education institutions with direct participation and interaction with pedagogical universities. The article presents the analysis of the using of the high-tech equipment in the educational institutions, identified professional deficiencies among teachers of technological education in the using of the modern digital technologies. Based on the results of the study the article identifies effective ways to implement the requirements for modern school technology education in accordance with the updated FSES. The article also discusses various approaches of organizing the project activities of students in the framework of technological education. The authors show that the experience of teaching the subject area “Technology” accumulated in our country is the basis for its modernization. The successful experience of including Russia in the international movement “WorldSkills International” is at the same time the basis for assessing the quality of education and broadcasting practice to modernize the content of vocational training. This is especially true in the areas of promising professions and professions of the digital economy, which must be prepared already from school.

Polk State College's Engineering Technology OEEE Associate's Degree

2017 ◽  
pp. 308-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Boyer ◽  
Eric A. Roe ◽  
Kenneth Ross ◽  
Patricia Jones ◽  
Kathleen Bucklew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Education ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Early Exit ◽  
State College ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Associate's Degree ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Associate In Science ◽  
Advanced Technological Education

This case study describes an Open Entry Early Exit (OEEE) program focused on untangling the web of systems, assumptions, roles, relationships, and interagency processes to address the national emphasis on affordable, compressed and flexible degree attainment, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent gap areas. To this end, Polk State College has empowered non-traditional students with an affordable, accessible option that was initiated as a result of a National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) project award. The project was designed to transition a traditional Engineering Technology Associate in Science degree program to a hybrid competency-based, modular, non-term, self-paced, learner-centered, faculty-mentored format. As a work in progress, the OEEE program team has undertaken and resolved numerous challenges, many of which are still emergent, and identified significant breakthroughs to provide a catalyst to the reconceptualization of higher education.

Measuring engineering technology education quality from students' perspective

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Na'imy Wan ◽  
Norzalina Othman ◽  
Mohd Fauzi Zainol Abidin ◽  
Mazwin Tan ◽  
Azhar Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Engineering Technology

scholarly journals Local Political Arrangements: Education in harmony with the local development

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marli Alves Flores Melo
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
Education Professional Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integral Feature

This paper addresses education, particularly professional, scientific and technological education, in the context of local development, from the prism of productive local arrangements – PLAS. It highlights the effect of globalization on society´s transformations, the restructuring of the sectorial, institutional and organizational dynamics related to educational aspects, the territorial features of the said arrangements, and the actors that are part of them.  We understand that this is a priority in the social construction and an incentive to the scientific education professional development, with regard to the ethical-political nature of individuals.   We point out the need to foster interaction amongst educational institutions in order to   mobilize territorial resources, aiming at local development. We conclude with a few pertinent discussions about the value of education, both in its integral feature and in its adherence to parallel harmonies. 

scholarly journals Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Neal Grandgenett ◽  
Pam Perry ◽  
Thomas Pensabene ◽  
Karen Wegner ◽  
Robert Nirenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Community College ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Building Automation ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
It Workforce ◽  
Automation Systems

The buildings in which people work, live, and spend their leisure time are increasingly embedded with sophisticated information technology (IT). This article describes the approach of Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska of the United States to provide an occupational context to some of their IT coursework by organizing IT instruction around the context of building automation systems (BAS). This contextualization allows IT students not only to study IT as a standalone discipline but also to study its integrated use within a specific occupational context. The article also describes MCC’s focused curriculum design efforts funded by the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program. These efforts toward BAS-contextualization of the IT curriculum have become a catalyst for systematic contextualization of IT instruction at MCC and support the institution’s broader efforts to become a national model in IT instruction and interdisciplinary engagement within the United States. The research-based approach, activities, and outcomes of this project are all described here, as well as the lessons learned by one community college seeking to make their IT program increasingly relevant to their students and the IT workforce of today.

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