University of Maryland issued the following announcement on Oct. 3.
Thanks to a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), UMD will lead a unique effort to offer a nationwide high school course on engineering principles and design.
The pilot program, Engineering For US All (E4USA), will test the effectiveness of a standardized educational curriculum across multiple states with the goal of developing a pathway for high school students to earn college credit.
“Every student should have access to a high-quality, pre-college curriculum that teaches engineering principles and practices while incorporating design-based experiences,” said Darryll Pines, dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering and lead researcher on this project. “The skills learned in engineering classrooms enable students from demographically and geographically diverse schools to not only become better prepared for the academic challenges within science, technology, engineering and math courses, but to become better prepared for life.”
The project is a partnership with Arizona State University, Morgan State University and Virginia Tech. During the pilot, researchers will refine a curriculum developed by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the College Board. That curriculum will integrate engineering principles and a student design project, and it will align with the Next Generation Science Standards for K–12 education, developed by 26 states and other partners.
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Source: University of Maryland
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