Raising Public Awareness of Engineering

Raising Public Awareness of Engineering
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2002-11-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309168740

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The public has little awareness or appreciation of engineering as the source of technology. The engineering community spends mightily to try to improve public awareness, but an NAE-commissioned survey of activities intended to raise public awareness found little coordination among them and few measures of success. This report provides the results of this survey, explains why it was needed, and recommends how the engineering community can work successfully to communicate the importance of engineering to society.

Raising Public Awareness of Engineering

Raising Public Awareness of Engineering
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2002-11-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9780309382366

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The public has little awareness or appreciation of engineering as the source of technology. The engineering community spends mightily to try to improve public awareness, but an NAE-commissioned survey of activities intended to raise public awareness found little coordination among them and few measures of success. This report provides the results of this survey, explains why it was needed, and recommends how the engineering community can work successfully to communicate the importance of engineering to society.

Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics

Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics
Author: Ehrhard Behrends
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2012-07-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642257100

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This collective book aims to encourage and inspire actions directed towards raising public awareness of the importance of mathematical sciences for our contemporary society in a cultural and historical perspective. Mathematical societies, in Europe and around the world, can find ideas, blueprints and suggestions for activities – including concerted actions with other international organizations – directed towards raising public awareness of science, technology and other fields where mathematics plays a strong role. The material is divided into four parts: • National experiences • Exhibitions / mathematical museums • Popularization activities • Popularization: why and how?

Interdisciplinarity, Creativity, and Learning

Interdisciplinarity, Creativity, and Learning
Author: Bharath Sriraman
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1607521881

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Interdisciplinarity is increasingly viewed as a necessary ingredient in the training of future oriented 21st century disciplines that rely on both analytic and synthetic abilities across disciplines. Nearly every curricular document or vision statement of schools and universities include a call for promoting creativity in students. Yet the construct of creativity and giftedness across disciplines remains elusive in the sense that the prototypical examples of such work come from eminent scientists, artists and mathematicians, and little if any work has been conducted with non-eminent individuals. This monograph is an attempt to fill this gap by putting forth the view that interdisciplinarity and creativity are related constructs, and that the cultivation of domain general creativity is possible. Mathematics has historically been anchored to numerous disciplines like theology, natural philosophy, culture and art, allowing for a flexibility of thought that is difficult to cultivate in other disciplines. In this monograph, the numerous chapters from Australia, U.S.A., Canada, Cyprus, Denmark and Japan provide a compelling illustration of the intricate connection of mathematics with literature, paradoxes, history, technology and modeling, thus serving as a conduit for interdisciplinarity, creativity and learning to occur.

Changing the Conversation

Changing the Conversation
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2008-06-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309134358

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Can the United States continue to lead the world in innovation? The answer may hinge in part on how well the public understands engineering, a key component of the 'innovation engine'. A related concern is how to encourage young people-particularly girls and under-represented minorities-to consider engineering as a career option. Changing the Conversation provides actionable strategies and market-tested messages for presenting a richer, more positive image of engineering. This book presents and discusses in detail market research about what the public finds most appealing about engineering-as well as what turns the public off. Changing the Conversation is a vital tool for improving the public image of engineering and outreach efforts related to engineering. It will be used by engineers in professional and academic settings including informal learning environments (such as museums and science centers), engineering schools, national engineering societies, technology-based corporations that support education and other outreach to schools and communities, and federal and state agencies and labs that do or promote engineering, technology, and science.

Engineering Education through Social Innovation

Engineering Education through Social Innovation
Author: Douglas Gorham
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2020-01-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030390063

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This book explores the nexus between professional technical societies and engineering education by examining several societies’ efforts to promote and support engineering and engineering education in the areas of pre-university education, university education and informal education through programs and activities designed to leverage social innovation. Professional societies are in a unique position to support and contribute to engineering education, and have dedicated substantial resources to social responsibility programs and activities that promote engineers and engineering. The book is chiefly intended for engineers, engineering educators, staff members of professional technical societies, and for the broad range of scholars whose work involves technology education and education policy.

The Role of the National Academies

The Role of the National Academies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Task Force on Science Policy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1986
Genre: Learned institutions and societies
ISBN:

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Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007

Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2007
Genre: Electronic government information
ISBN:

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